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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1627-1628
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Bow, n.4 [Var. of boy: see Boy-rape. Still in dial. use.] A buoy. — 1627 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II. 18.
Cutting … and stealing of their nighbours netts, barupis [sic] and bowes1628 Ib. 566.
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