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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Curser, n. Also: cursere, cuirser. [Variant of Courser(e.] = Cursour n.1c1420 Wynt. ii. 52.
Scho … lape apon a cursere syne, And to the towne … scho rade Ib. iii. 758 (C).
Hawkkys, hundis and curseris 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 425.
I saw … , Vpon a bardit curser stout and bald, Mars, god of strife 1513 Doug. xi. x. 16.
As sum tyme dois the curser start and ryn, That brokkyn hes his band a1578 Pitsc. I. 205/3.
The said lord Dawid rydand … wpoun ane great gray curser 1630 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III. 607.
The great curser lying abone himattrib. 1628 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 266.
Ane gray beld cuirser naig
