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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cowdothe, n. (See quotation.) —a1594 Marjoreybanks Annals (1814) 37 (J).
Ther was tua yeirs before this tyme [1582] ane grate vniversal seiknes through the maist part of Scotland: vncertaine quhat seiknes it wes, for the doctors could not tell, for ther wes no remeid for it; and the comons called it Cowdothe
