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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡GATSKORD, n., v. Also getskor(d), -sker(d).

I. n. A sheepmark, “a slanting cut from the top of the ear along the edge, usually with a hole in the centre” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), getsker(d)), “a hole in the middle of the ear, and a slit from the middle of the hole upward and out at the top” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.). Edm. (1866) gives the form getskord = “a mark upon a horse.”

II. v. To make such a mark (on).Sh. 1836 Gentleman's Mag. II. 591:
His mark wiz da left lugg getskor'd behint.