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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1577-1578
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For(e)-rowme, n. [Rowm n. (room).] The front part of a vessel. —a1578 Pitsc. I. 229/15.
Lat the gounnaris … make thaim redy, with … tua handit suordis in ȝour for-rowmes