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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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(Se-hors,) Sea-hors(e, n. Pl. sea-horsis, -horse. [e.m.E. sehors (c1475), sea-horsse (1587).] a. A sea creature, probably a walrus. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 12/11.
Daulphins, seahorse, selchs with oxin ee 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 177/593.
For ue do the ph[l]oebotomie of the sea horsis takke
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