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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Doore-, Dore-cheek, n. Also: dor(re) cheik, chek. [e.m.E. dorecheke (1535).] The side of a door; a door-post. 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xviii. 32.
The dore-cheeks of the dead wer designed vnclean, by the funeral cypres wherwith they wer deckt 1611 Brechin Test. II. 122.
The tymmer of tua lytill houssis with doris & dor cheikis 1630 Bamff Chart. 224.
An doore with dorre cheiks, cleiks and bands 1666 Alford Rec. 98.
Ane stable [with] doore and doore cheeks, lock, bands [etc.] 1675 Stirling Comm. Good 91 b.
For building vp the stable dor cheiks at the borrow milne