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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1549
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Mo, v.1 [Of echoic origin: cf. e.m.E. moo (1565).] intr. Of cattle: To moo or low. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 39/6.
The nolt maid noyis vitht mony loud lou … , the calfis began tyl mo
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