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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1675
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(Herd-,) Heirding, vbl. n. [Var. of Hirding.] Herding or caring for sheep etc. — 1675 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 417.
[The defender] being heird in Mossehouses throw his. .evill heirding did suffer. .to be lost. .ane ewe hoge
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