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Half-done
Half-done, as Elgin was burnt. In the wars between James II.
of Scotland and the Douglases in 1452, the Earl of Huntly burnt
one-half of the town of Elgin, being the side which belonged to the
Douglases, but left the other side standing because it belonged to his
own family. (Sir Walter Scott: Tales of a Grandfather, xxi.)
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