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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Coper bote, Coiper boit, n. [Cf. Cowper-bote.] A boat belonging to a buyer of herring. —1601 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 222.
That the fremen burgessis … sall only paye ij d. for the thowsand greyn hering and na farder that cumis in the coiper boittis 1617 Conv. Burghs III. 47.
The … impost … for … ilk coper bote within hevin coping hering, ane in the yeir, thrie s. four pennies
