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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1592
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Tutourschip(e, n. [e.m.E. tutorshippe (1559).] a. Guardianship, protection. b. ? The estate under guardianship or a further example of a above. —a. a1500 King Hart 604.
Nature … gaif to me ȝouthheid first seruitour That I no fut micht find be eist or west Bot euir in warde in tutourschip and cure —b. 1592 Edinburgh Testaments XXIV 51b.
Gif the said Jonet mareis … [she] sall haif na forder place to the handling of the said leving or tutourschipe
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