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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1566
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Blude-drawer, n. [Cf. Blude-drawing,vbl. n.] One who draws blood from another. —1566 Inverness B. Rec. I. 136.
The act … quhairthrow … Robert suld entyr the blude drawer of Robert Scot