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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1526
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Bulister, n. [e.m.E. bullester, bolaster (1500), f. bullace, bolace, of obscure origin.] A wild plum (tree). —1526 Stirling B. Rec. I. 26.
He cuttit partis of treis … extending to ix pece of bulisteris, chereis & ploumis