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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1603, 1694
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Collor, Collour, n. [Variants of Collar and Coller, also in e.m.E. (17th c.).] A collar. 1562 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 163.
To the fule … xviij elnis of lynnyng to be sarkis, collouris, calsowmis, and thowsowmis 15.. Clariodus iv. 516.
Two gudlie collors of the finest gold 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXII. 203 b.
Tua buckram aprounes, aucht cursches, aucht collouris 1694 Foulis Acc. Bk. 165.
For … a lock to the bitches collorattrib. 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 339.
A white claith like a collore craige 1603 Philotus xxviii.
That cumlie collour bane
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