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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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By-purs, n. [By adv. 1.] A small purse attached to a larger. — 1569 Edinb. Test. I. 272.
In ane vther by purs nyntene ducattis 1594 Ib. XXVII. 218.
Thair was in the by purs of the reid purs thrie crounes, ane angell
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