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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1585-1593

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Bure, Buir, n. Also: bur. [F. bure.] A coarse woollen stuff.1585 Edinburgh Testaments XIV. 230 b.
Ane steik of buir estimat to xvj li. 1591 Ib. XXIII. 298.
Of braid claytht for cloiking callit bure ten elnes 1593 Ib. XXV. 192.
xi dossone … of bur buttounes

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