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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1500-1594, 1661
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Cuver, v.1 Also: cuuer, cwver, cuwyre, ceuver, cufer. [Early ME. cuvere, cuuer, var. of Cover v.1]
1. tr. To cover (with a cloth, etc.). c1420 Wynt. i. 462.
The tothir twa … cwveryde hym quhille he had slepid c1420 Ib. viii. 1030.
Throwch all Lwndyn he bad hyr ryde, Na clath on hyr to cuwyre [C. cuuer] hyr hyd c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxviii. 31.
A gude crafty telȝour … That can it cuver with craftis slie a1540 Freiris Berw. 150.
The burde scho cuverit with clath of costly grene a1540 Ib. 187.
Scho gois belyfe and cuveris the burde annon 1568 Satirical Poems xlviii. 59.
Ȝit is my claith seuver for sadillis to ceuver 1661 Funeral Acc. MS. i. 3.
8 ell of black ribens for cufering the cords
2. Of a horse: To cover (a mare). 1594 Black Bk. Taymouth 299.
Ane vther les meir … cuverit with the lairdis gray amlan cursor
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