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Quotation dates: 1609
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(Tirvit,) Tirrit, ppl. adj. [Tirve v.] Stripped, where the surface layer (? of stone or merely vegetation) has been removed. — 1609 Glasgow B. Rec. I 307.
The commoun quarrel … aboundis sa in wattir that the tirrit quarrel and craig thairof and the win werk lyand in the same can nocht be wrocht nor tane avay
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