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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1489-1496, 1570
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Cursour, n.2 [ME. cursur, cursor (c 1300), L. cursor.] = Currour n. 1, 2. 1489 Exchequer Rolls X. 100 n.
To our cursouris of the wardis of Twede, Yarrow, and Etrik, and till utheris oure officiaris — 1496 Halyb. 13.
Paid to hast the curssur up to Rom with his lettris, 5 ducatis 1570 Peebles B. Rec. 326.
[To] ryde to the oist to Glasgw, … and thairefter to aduertis with [= by] ane cursour quhidder thai get ane addressement or nocht
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