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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1606
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(Pester-,) Pestring, ppl. a. [Pester v.2] That pesters, in sense ? a or ? b of Pester v.2 —1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vi.
Our kirk-courtes or yardes … being ordinarly bedunged by pestring and pasturing brute
