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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Schrod, n. (? Possibly S(c)hroud n.1 in the sense of ‘winding-sheet’ (as in e.m.E., from 1570), here used symbolically.) —1639 Fugitive Poetry II xv 5.
Thow bailfull Aberdeen, our nations bane, … Thou baill of burrowes, fyrebrand of the north, A schrod to all good Christians beyond Forth
