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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1510, 1613
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Culȝour, Cwilȝeor, n. [f. Culȝe v. Cf. Cuillier.] A wheedler; an enticer. — 1510 Criminal Trials I. 66.
[To inquire] gif thair be ony culȝouris or sornaris 1613 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 52.
Delaitit to be ane … recepter of the studentis … , cwilȝeor of thame and abstrakter of thame frome thair studies
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