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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1567
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Firret, Firrat, n. [e.m.E. firet(te, late ME. fyrette (1495), ferette (c 1440), OF. fuiret, furet.] A ferret. — 14.. Acts I. 303/2.
A tymmyr of skynnis of … beueris, sable, firrettis or swylk vthyr 1567 Satirical Poems iii. 180.
War I ane hund, O gif scho war ane hair, … I ane firrat and scho cuniculus
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