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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1683-1684
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(Se-coulter,) Sea-coulter, n. [Se n.1 and Culter n. Cf. north e.m.E. coulterneb (1678).] ? The puffin. —1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 100.
The coot; the sea coulter; the taster 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii 22.
Avis marina, sea-coulter dicta
