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Quotation dates: 1475
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Lufe-buird, Luff-burd, n. [Lufe n.2; buird Burd(e n.1 3.] The windward side (of a ship). — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 56.
Ledys on luff burd [1570, lebuird] … Lansys laid out to [luik] thar passage sound c1475 Ib. 125.
Fourty and aucht on luff burd [1570, lufe buird] laid thaim law
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