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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1562-1563
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(Barding,) Bairding, n.2 [f. Bard n.] Use of scurrilous language; buffoonery. — 1562-3 Winȝet II. 81/15.
Studiing to thraw be his mokrie and bairding the mekle vertew … of his father to be a vyce
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