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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1578, 1639-1685
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Mullo(u)rit, Mullerit, Mul(l)ered, p.p. and ppl. a. Furnished with a moulding or ornamental framing, framed. —(1) 1578 Reg. Privy C. III. 99.
The syleringis … being of fyne eistland wod, properlie mullerit and schorne in fair and curious work 1663 Kirkcudbr. Min. Bk. 188.
Ane large keicking glas mulered with eibonie and caice conform 1685 Cramond Ch. Cullen 165.
Ane round seatt covered with ane cumbe above handsomelye mullered —(2) 1639 Edinburgh Testaments LIX. 83 b.
Ane littell mullerit brod estimat to xij s. 1652 Ib. LXV. 231 b.
Ane meikill deid kist mullorit worth viij lib.
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