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1. aforeward, adv. and prep. View full entry a1200
...Before all others in rank or position; in front. Also: (of time) in the first place, first of all. Cf. foremostObs....
2. freeship, n. View full entry lOE
...Exemption from a service, obligation, charge, or duty; an immunity, a privilege; = immunity1. Obs....
3. kirk, n. View full entry lOE
...= churchI....
4. kirktown, n. View full entry lOE
...A village or hamlet by a church; = church town2....
5. miskenning, n. View full entry lOE
...A mistake or variation in pleading before a court. Also: a fine exacted for this; the right to collect such fines....
6. onward, prep., adv., and adj.2 View full entry c1196
...On, over; along. Obs.rare....
7. outfangthief, n. View full entry lOE
...The right of a lord of a private jurisdiction, more extensive than that of infangthief (see infangthief), to claim for trial a thief, esp. one who is the...
8. † outleap, n. View full entry lOE
...Law....
9. scot-ale, n. View full entry c1155
...A festivity or ‘ale’ (ale2) held by the lord of a manor or a forester or other bailiff, for which a contribution was exacted and at which attendance was...
