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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Counterfute, -foote, n.2 [Cf. Counterfutea. and Conterfete n.] A copy; a model. — 1596 Edin. B. Rec. V. 151.
Mr David Fowles … produceit ane stamp of the counterfute of the seill of this burgh quhilk he had tryet and gottin thair 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. x. 15.
Tombes that … were after the counterfoote of Iosephs arke Ib. xvi. 24.
After the counterfoote of Elias
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