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WAPENSHAW (M.E. for " weapon-show")

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 304 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WAPENSHAW (M.E. for " weapon-show")  , a periodical muster or review of troops formerly held in every
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district in Scotland, the
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object having been to satisfy the military chiefs that the arms of their retainers were in good condition . Scott's Old Mortality gives a description of one . The name is still given to
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rifle meetings held annually at Aberdeen and other places in Scotland .

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