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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1652
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(Jaylour-,) Jealourschip, n. [e.m.E. jailorship (17th c.), (north.) gealership (1688), jailershipp (1485).] The office of a jailer. — 1652 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 249.
The place of the jealourschip in keiping of the Tolbooth is declairit vacand
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