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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1618-1638
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Durato, -ata, n. [e.m.E. duretto (1619), -etta, It. duretto.] A hard or stout kind of cloth. 1618 Edinburgh Testaments L. 163 b.
Aucht elnis remanes of durato black 1620 Ib. 352.
Certane remanes of novatois, duratois, perpetuanois [etc.] 1635 Haddington Corr. 303.
Ane stand of greene durata courtenes 1638 Rep. Elphinstone Mun. 26.
Ane clok of blak durato all cuttit in bandis
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