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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1535-1549
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Colure, -uyre, n. [F. colure, L. colūrus.] Each of two great circles intersecting at the poles. — 1535 Stewart 3022.
Fra the coluyre to tropic estiwall 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 50/10.
Ther is tua vthir circlis in the spere callit colures
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