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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1617
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(Kart-,) Kairtrie, n. [Appar. Kart n.1; Tre n.1] A wooden pole or spar as used in making carts. —1617 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 47.
[Impost granted to Irvine]: Of ilk bot of timmer … [3/4d]; … of ilk thousand barrell staves, tua s.; of ilk hundreth kairtries, tuelfe pennies; ilk hundreth rungs, four pennies
