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Quotation dates: 1519, 1675-1700+
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Firm(e, n.2 [Var. of Furme n.] A form for sitting on. — 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 176.
The hall witht … thre buirdis with trestis and firmes 1675 Ayr & W. Coll. IV. 124.
Williame Alasone … , found convict in takeing away firmes out of the Kirk 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 365.
A kitchin table with a firme 1731 Stirling B. Rec. II. 220.
To cause make tables & firms in both the saids churches
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