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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gress hous, n. The cottage of a grassman. —1607 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 199.
Mony servandis and utheris that hes houssis, castis thame selffis louss fra seruice, and gives up thair cottage and gress houssis