ADSCRIPTI GLEB7E
\ɐdskɹˈɪpti ɡlˈɛb sˈɛvən ˈiː], \ɐdskɹˈɪpti ɡlˈɛb sˈɛvən ˈiː], \ɐ_d_s_k_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_i ɡ_l_ˈɛ_b s_ˈɛ_v_ə_n ˈiː]\
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Slaves who served the master of the soil, who were annexed to the land, and passed with it when it was conveyed. Calvin. In Scotland, as late as the reign of George III., laborers in collieries and salt works were bound to the coal-pit or salt work in which they were engaged, in a manner similar to that of the adscripti of the Itoznans. Bell.
By Henry Campbell Black
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