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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1606
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Farland(is, a. [Far a.] Belonging to, connected with, distant countries. — a1570-86 J. Maitland Maitland Folio MS clxxvii. 36.
Thocht farland [v.r. farlandis] foullis seime to haiff fedderis fair 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. viii. 12.
These farland conuoyences of the dead to their homed tombes 1606 Ib. xix. 33.
These marchants … whose vent was to furnish the far land Jewes
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