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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1631
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Garrein, n. [Gael. gearran.] A small horse; a garron. — 1631 Rep. Hist. MSS, Var. Coll. V. 140.
I sent your Lordship thrie garreins and for this present I have non els exept my gray hors
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