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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1527-1579
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Fourlet, -lit, n. Also: fourlat; fourtlat. [Var. of Firlot, Forlot.] A firlot. — 1527 Stirling B. Rec. I. 20.
The met loumes of the custumaris, bayth pecc and fourllat 1544 Reg. Cupar A. II. 39.
Thay payand … ȝerlie … sewin bollis tway fourtlatis mele 1546 Reg. Cupar A. II. 36.
Sevyne bollis tuay fourlatis mele 1565–6 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 499.
For the making of the birnyng irne to the fourletis 1579 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 81.
All fourletis, pekis, and vther mesouris … to be straikit and nocht heipit
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