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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1549, 1607
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Arrow schot, Arow schot, n. [e.m.E. arrow shot.] A shot with an arrow; esp. as a measure of distance, a bow-shot. 1513 Doug. xi. xii. 27.
Within ane arow schot on athyr syde 1549 Monro Iles (1774) 39.
On the eist side of this ile ther is a bore, … mair nore an arrow shot of any man 1607 Criminal Trials II. 536.
I charme thé for arrow-schot
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