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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bolstar, Bolster, n. Also: bollster, boulster. [ME. bolstar, bolster (e.m.E. also boulster), OE. bolster, ON. bolstr. For the usual Sc. forms see Boster and Bouster.] A bolster. 1499 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II. 26.
Thre ruche beddis, ij fedder beddis, ij bolstaris 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Cervical, a boulster of a bed 1629 Wemyss Chart. MS.
Fyvetein bollsteris
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