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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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(Licht hors,) Lycht horse, n. (collect.). [e.m.E. lyght horses pl. (1532), lyght, light horse collect. (1548): cf. Licht hors(e)man,n.] Light horsemen, light cavalry. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 89/1.
[He] furnest the empriour vitht sex thousand fut men and tua hundretht lycht horse
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