A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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(Pasture,) Pastour, n.3 [Cf. Pasturen.2 and Pasturit a.] ? The pastern of a horse (but perh. merely a further instance of Pastur(e n.1). —c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxi. 37.
I am ane auld hors … I heff run lang furth in the feild On pastouris that ar plane and peld … My bekis ar spruning he and bald