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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Recours(e, v.1 [e.m.E. recours(e (1513), Recours(e n.] a. intr. To journey (backe); to return. b. To apply (to a magistrate) for fresh consideration of a cause. = To haue recours, Recours(e n. 4. —a. a1500 Lanc. 1796.
Out of this world when yow sal pas the cours, Fair well, I-wys! yow neuer shall recours 1632 Lithgow Trav. ix 422.
I recoursed backe in a Flemish pink to Stockhollem —b. 1583 Perth B. Ct. 16 July.
Johnne Braboner and his procuratour … protestis that he and his ordiner recours to the hear magistrat gif neid beis
