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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1580
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Quert stewart, n. [? Gael. *cuairt-stiùbhaird ‘steward's-circuit’, f. cuairt Quowart n. and stiùbhard Stewart n., or ? merely erron. for Quowart.] In Mull: = Quowart n. —1580 Coll. Rebus Alban. 16.
And … [Maclean of Dowart] requiris the seruice of the saidis tenentis of Ycolmekill and Rosse, with the haill males, dewiteis, quert stewart, conforme to the rentell
