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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mous-cullorit, -collorit, Mouse-, Mus(e)-collored, -coloured, a. [e.m.E. mouse-coloured (1687).] Mouse-coloured. —(a) 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI. 98 b.
Nyne elnes mouscollorit claith 1635 Ib. LVII. 154.
Ane mous cullorit broun hors —(b) 1678 Argyll Justic. Rec. I. 99.
Ane … keir or mus collored young mear 1699 Misc. 3 Spald. C. II. 97.
One of the saidis horses being muse coloured
