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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475
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Conterans, n. [? Error for conter.] An encounter. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 475.
A cruell conterans [v.r. counter] at that metyng was seyin
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