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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1605
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Blair, n. [Gael. blar.] ? A peat-moss. —c 1605 Elphinstone Mem. 147.
The wod and forrest . . , with the boiges, blaires, medowis [etc.]