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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plew-, Plouer, n. [e.m.E. plower (c 1515), f. Plew v.] One who ploughs; a ploughman. Only in renderings of Psalm cxxix, after earlier English translators. —c1590 Fowler I. 311/9 (see Plew v. 3 (2)).
Plouers 1638 Henderson Serm. 264.
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