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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1816, 1868

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UNBRIZZED, ppl.adj. Unbruised, uncontused, uninjured. See Brizz, v.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary viii.:
The callant had come off wi' unbrizzed banes.
Edb. 1868 D. McLagan Nugae (1873) 114:
Hoo they get aff wi' unbrizzed banes Beats me to tell.

[O.Sc. unbirsd, 16th. c.]

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