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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bilder(t, n. [e.m.E. bilder (1570), of obscure origin.] A kind of horse. 1638 Johnston Diary 367.
I refuised … to send out for my L. Balmerinos bildert 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. xii. 48.
You … suffer your bilder to faile you, when you need him most 1663–6 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp 105.
For corn and hay to the black horse and bilder; … For mending the bilders saddle
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