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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1580-1581
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(Pluke,) Plouk(e, v. [Pluk(e n.2] tr. To furnish with a plouk, in sense 3 of Pluk(e n.2 — 1580–1 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 83.
The craftisman to have for … pewder working vi d. and for the only plovkyng of vtheris iiij d. and the treyn stoipis to be plovkit and merkit lykwys
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