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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1536, 1600
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Bos, Bois, v. [ME. bos, boos, booce, f. Bos n. 2] tr. To make in a rounded or concave form. 1536 Master of Works Accounts IV. 73.
Gret tymmer for bosing of the gret galre 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 271.
To caus bois the tua wyndowis of the irnehous … with Swane irne
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