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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cors-gard, -gaird, n. [e.m.E. corps de gard (1587), F. corps de garde.] A small body of soldiers on guard-duty; the post occupied by these. 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 444.
Had our awin trinches and corsgardis bene weill kepit, … the enemie had never interprysed sic ane fact 1578 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 82.
To watche … vnder the payne of viij s. vnforgevin, to be disponit to the keparis of the corsgaird and keparis of the poirtis on the daylicht 1610 A. Melville in Life II. 530.
My old age doth no lesse crave … an honest retreat from warefare within my own garison and corsgard
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