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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1579, 1673
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Bark loft, n. [Bark n.1] A loft in which tanner's bark is stored. — 1579 Edinburgh Testaments VII. 30.
Thrie stanes of woll … lyand in the bark loft 1673 Glasgow Chart. II. 362 (see Bark hole).
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