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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1710
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†UNCORN, n. Poor quality oats; used fig. = Eng. wild oats (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). See Corn, n.1, 3.Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis:
In some places of Scotland they say, that one hath sown his uncorn.
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