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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1620
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Stand afar, n. [Stand v. and afar adv.] A cloth of some sort. —1620 Reg. Privy C. XII 339.
Stuffis of thrie quarteris breid … Seargeis … , Stand afar, Over keik, Fair a far aff


