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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1499
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Scab pikar, n. (?) — 1499 Exchequer Rolls XI 394.
That na forestar hald undir him in his steid haggar flegeour turnour barcar colebyrnar pelar of bark scab pikar wrychtis swyne nor gait [etc.]
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