"‘" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana, London, →OCLC",
          "text": "PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. M‘MILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.",
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          "text": "An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie M‘Givelry.",
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        "Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-."
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