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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1587-1621
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Castor, -our, n. [e.m.E. castour (1547), castor, F. and L. castor beaver.] Beaver fur. Usually attrib. with hat. 1587 Edinburgh Testaments XVIII. 175.
To George Heriot … my hat of castor 1591 Treasurer's Accounts 31 b.
Ane blak castour hatt 1597 Bk. Rates 6.
Castour hattis … the dosane, ic li. 1621 Acts IV. 626/2.
That no castor hattis be vsit … bot be the priuiledgit persounes
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