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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†COURTEAN, n. A curtain.Sc. 1701–31 R. Wodrow Analecta (Maitland Club 1842) II. 143:
When she opened the courteans, she saw like a boyn, as she expressed it, about her head.
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