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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cowmoning, variant of Commoning vbl. n. —1573 Wemyss Corr. 94.
I persaife that yee meyn nocht to assent to my cowmoning or compromit 1608 Crim. Trials II. 539.
The persewaris passis fra the persute … conforme to the cowmoning
