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Quotation dates: 1633
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Powart, n. [ME polheved (c 1250), e.m.E. poled, polet (1530), pole-head (1607, 1611); thereafter only Sc. and north. Eng. dial. as powhead, powet, etc., appar. f. Poll n.2] A tadpole. — 1633 Coll. Witchcraft 115.
And when he strak her she said that she should cause him rue it; and she hoped to see the powarts bigg in his hair [Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 344: in his house]; and within half a year he was casten away and his boat and perished
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