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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1618
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Bak dure, n. Also: dur, dore, back duire, backe dure. [e.m.E. backe dore (1530).] A back-door. —1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 152 (we creip in at wyndois or bak durris). 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 100/23 (away the ȝoung man staw at ane bak dure). 1570 Leslie 221 (ane back duire of the ludgeing). 1618 Linlithgow Pal. 338 (the bak dore that gois to the peill).
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