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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1648
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How-trie, n. (?) — 1648 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 144.
With … ane howtrie upon each couple with angleris upon each low balke 1648 Ib. 145.
The … lofting above the howtries
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