A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cure, v.2 Also: kuir. [ME. (15th c.) and e.m.E. (1678), rare variant of cover.] = Cover v. —15.. Clar. ii. 722.
[To make] ane harnes fair and sure, And bid that they with greine satine it cure 1596 Dalr. II. 406/18.
An appne iniure … quhilk mycht be kuiret [L. tegi] with na colour of religioune 1709 Corshill Baron Ct. 240.
The action … against Robert Alexander … for half a croun for cureing a mare with the persewer stoned horse
