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Quotation dates: 1590-1602, 1698-1699
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Udder, n. Also: wdder, oodder. [ME and e.m.E. vddre (Trevisa), vdder (a1425), OE (once) úder, L. ūber.] An udder. — 1590–1 Criminal Trials I ii 221.
The mother … with a paire of sheeres clipped off three haires from the udder of the cow 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Vber, a pape, a vdder 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 1.
The said Kaithrein … bad hir rub fresch buttir on the kyis wdderis and papis, quhilk scho did and thay mendit a1699 Skene Agric. MS (ed.) 69.
They will know a good milk kow by a milk vaine that comes from her oodder athort the rimme of her bellie
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