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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1619-1635
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Structur(e, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. structure (c1440), F. structure (14th c. in Larousse), L. structura, f. struct-, struere to construct, build.] a. (Manner of) construction. b. A building, edifice. —a. 1621 Chron. Perth 22.
(The flood) carried away all louis-work being of admirabill strength and structur —b. 1619 Garden Elphinstoun 1947.
And instantlie he buildis A statelie structure thair A fabrick firme and faire 1635 Stirling's Royal Lett. in Rogers Social Life I 383.
For theiking, covering, … of all sorts of housse work and structurs
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