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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1473-1513
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Cork, n. [ME. cork, corke (16th c.), of doubtful origin.] A cork; cork as a material; a cork sole or heel. — 1473 Treasurer's Accounts I. 29.
To Caldwele of hire chalmire, to pay for patynis and corkis 1497 Ib. 330.
For bering of the Kingis cork to the sellar 1509 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 67.
Et per empcionem duarum librarum lie corkis 1513 Doug. vii. xii. 96.
Quhais hed gere war … Maid of the cork or bark fra treis rent
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