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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375, 1456-1478
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Cors-gat(e, n. [Cors n.2 2.] The street in which the towncross stood. — 12.. Coldstream Chart. 35.
Terram in Corsgate 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 114.
Hys land liand in the Cors Gat 1478 Acts Lords Auditors 64/2.
A tenement of land … in the corsgate of the sammyn [Perth]
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