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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hors-fosser, n. ? Var. of, or error for, fosset, ‘a mat of rushes laid on a horse, to prevent his skin from being fretted by the currack’ (J). —1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 191.
Scho was seine caistine ane hors fosser on ane kow
