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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Burry, epithet of a dog. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 1158 (B).
[The raven] summond the scheip befoir the wolf, . . [to] heir quhat burry dog wald say him till
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