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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pruf(e)man, Pruiffman, n. [Pruf(e n. 5. Also in the mod. dial.] One whose profession it was to estimate the yield of a stack or crop by casting proofs (Pruf(e n. 5). —1567–8 Inverness Rec. I 159 (see Pruf(e n. 5 (2)). 1572 Inverness Rec. I 215.
To … pay to Gilbert Duff ane boll aittis of the inleaik of ane pruiff be the depositioun of James McBarron, pruiffman 1597 Oldcambus Acc. 2.
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