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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1475, 1581-1638
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Lebuird, Lee-, Leibo(a)rd, n. [North. ME. leburde (c 1400), e.m.E. lea boord, ON. hlé-borð.] The lee-side (of a ship). — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace (1570) ix. 56.
Freikis on foirstam reullit weill thair geir, Leidis on lebuird [MS. luff burd] … Lynis laid out 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 12. § 7/3.
And when I do descriue the oceans force Graunt syne, o Neptune, … That readars think on leeboard and on dworce c 1638 Tract. Leg. Naval. 65.
Windboard and leiboard are contrair
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