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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Labo(u)rit, ppl. a. Also: lauborit, laboured. [e.m.E. laboured (1535).] a. Cultivated, tilled, ploughed. b. Worn out with labour. —a. 1470 Prestwick B. Rec. 8.
The commoun landis of the said burghe that is labourit lande 1563 Echt-Forbes Chart. 98.
Frathynwest toward … the present laborit cornis of Wester Echt c 1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 559.
All the laboured ground lyeth either upon the seasyd or upon … sum riverb. 1583 Edinb. Test. XII. 379 b.
Fyve auld lauborit naigis price of the pece viij merkis
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