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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1608, 1673-1700+
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Gres(s, v. [e.m.E. gress (c 1500).] tr. To graze, pasture. — 1608 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 117.
xl merkis to by me 2 oixin … and gres thame [at] Crandort 1673 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 342.
[A ewe and a lamb] quhich the defender had gressing to the said [persewer] … and lost the samyne 1678 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXX. 20.
Whilk … goods [sc. cattle] … to gress and pastur and hird 1702 Household Bk. G. Baillie 63.
For gressing the mairs
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