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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quher(e)on, rel. adv. [e.m.E. whereon, ME hueran, whær on (Layamon), etc.] On which. = Quhar(e)on 2 a. —c1616 Hume Orthog. 22.
The acute raiseth the syllab quheron it sittes
