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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†BORO, n. The amount of corn threshed with the flail at one time; the threshing-floor in a barn (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), ‡Sh. 1963). [Immediate orig. uncertain, but prob. a radical n. from Norw. dial. bara, to thresh corn.]
