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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1748

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†SPOOR, n.1 A roof shingle or wooden slate.Rs. 1748 W. MacGill Old Ross-shire (1909) 123:
If I could find oaken splinters or spoors as they are called there, such as the Kirk of Tayn is or was so covered with.

[O.Sc. spoore, id., 1668. The form spule, id., is found earlier, in 1496, both forms appar. being alterations of Mid.Eng. spone, id., O.E. spōn, a chip or splinter of wood, the orig. of Mod.Eng. spoon.]

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