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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1554-1616
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Blak-broun(e, a. [Blak a. Also e.m.E. blackbrown (1685).] Dark brown. 1554 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 282.
Ane hors, blak-broune mowitt, with ane bell in the forrett 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 283.
Ane auld blak broun hors 1616 Master of Works Accounts XII. 15.
Ane blak broun horse beld in his foreheid
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