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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Mowdie-bread, n. [Cf. Mold n.1 1, the first element of Modewarp n., and Muldebred.] The mould-board of a plough. — 16.. Pleugh-Song in Wode's Psalter (ed.) 241.
The cowter and the pleugh-hede, Sok sheet and mowdie bread
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