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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Barme hors. [?] A pack-horse. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 3727.
Bot the Ballyoll his gat is gane On a barme hors wyth leggys bare 1533 Boece x. vii. 361 b.
Brude . . chargit that apoun barme hors [L. clitellariis equis] exonerit of cariage suld be sett wemen and servandis 1644 Hume Hist. Doug. 55.
He escaped very narrowly, . . riding upon a barme horse unsadled, and unbridled, till he came to Carlile
