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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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For(e)-, Foir-entres, n. Also: fore-entresse. [Entres n.] = Fore-entrén. 1526 Treas. Acc. V. 264.
The for entres of the abbay ȝet
1534–5 Linlithgow Palace 325.
For the paynttyne of ane lyon [and] thua unicornis that suld stand upone the foir entres
1562 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 147.
Alexander Guthre, … to big vp the Gray freir dikis fra the fore entres to the greit yairde
1583 Hist. Chapel Royal p. lxxxvi.
The foirentres [and] the towres thairof ar naikit and without skalȝe
1673 Wedderburn Voc. (Jam.).
Propylæum, a foreentresse

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