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Wyddruf, -rowff, Wydrouf, Wedurouf, n. [? and ? Ruf(e n.¹ 2.] ? A shelter for animals. — 1463 Newburgh B. Ct. 14b.
The wranwes brekyn of the statuis of the wedurouf … that na schep cum with in the wydrouf quhyl the corne be of the grund 1471 Newburgh B. Ct. 16b.
That Jhone Myllar sulde kyp the crone off the wyddruf ande the hill ande all the grys off the towne fra Wytsonde to the tyme that the corne be leyde in and … sayll rasayv till his fe off ilk a xvi^t [= sixteenth] part off wyddrowff a quarter off atis & ilk akyr off the hyll