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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Turfe,) Turff(e, v. [Late ME and e.m.E. turue (Lydgate), turf (1628).] tr. To cover with turf. Also absol. —1582 Dysart Gleanings 38.
The baillies appoint … ane sklaitter to turff & theik the haill kirk and illis 1663 Melrose Reg. Rec. II 69.
[Andrew Mein] impeids the said Robert and his tennents in turfing and theiking of his said tenement … [They] ordaines Andro Mein to flag the ground of the burne … and to mak thrie holls for ane scaffold that Robert Mein or his tennents to [sic] turffe on
