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excamb

excamb verb: to exchange (during transfers of land).

Verb

excamb (third-person singular simple present excambs, present participle excambing, simple past and past participle excambed)

  1. (historical, transitive, Scots law) To exchange (during transfers of land).
    • excamb a part used recently for burial in return for an addition to the kirkyard

Forms of excamb

third-person singular presentexcambs
present participleexcambing
past participleexcambed
pastexcambed
alternative formexcambie

Questions about excamb

What does excamb mean?
Excamb means to exchange (during transfers of land).
What part of speech is excamb?
Excamb is a verb.
What is the past tense of excamb?
The past tense of excamb is excambed.

Words near excamb in the dictionary

  1. excalceates
  2. excalceating
  3. excalceation
  4. Excalibur
  5. Excaliburs
  6. excamb
  7. excambed
  8. excambie
  9. excambied
  10. excambing
  11. excambion

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