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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Blakster, n. [Blak a. Cf. Bleckster.] A dyer of black cloth. —1590 Dundee B. Laws 553.
That the same [act] shall not be extendit to blaksteris within the said burgh, bot that they may haue libertie to lit blak cullour with bark as they have bene in vse to do
