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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pressour, Pressor(e, n. [e.m.E. and ME pressure (1382), -ur (1447), presure (c 1586).] Pressure, lit. and fig. — 1647 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 72.
The many pressours thair tounes haid bein vnder 1653 Dumfries Council Min. 16 March.
Pressores — 1670 Edinb. B. Rec. X 92.
Its … pressor … is evidently seen
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