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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1543-1600
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(Scorit,) Scoirit, Scurrit, Skurrit, Skurd, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. scoryd marked with lines, furrows or grooves (first used in a red scoryd cow (1535); Score v.] a. ? Marked with a cut or incision (cf. Score v. 1 (2)). b. ? Divided by vertical uprights, mullioned. —a. 1543 Protocol Book of Sir John Cristisone 85.
[An ox of a black colour] skurrit … [valued … at 2 merks money.] 1574–5 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I 218.
Ane brovne scurrit ox 1581 Brechin Testaments MS I 46.
Ane black skurd steir —b. 1600 Criminal Trials II 186.
I saw ane ding vp the lang scoirit window in the north syd of the turrett
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