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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fur, Furr(e, n. [Var. of Fure n. The short vowel may be from ME. furgh, furch, OE. furh.] A furrow. c 1400 Newbattle Chart. (Reg. H).
Ane mekill stane lyand in the fur c1420 Wynt. ix. 429 (C).
Nouthir fur na fut of lande Was at thar pesse than a1500 Henr. Fab. 2233.
The oxin wes unwsit, … And for fersnes thay couth the fur forfair Ib. 2239.
At the furris end c1475 Wall. viii. 22.
Off him I held neuir a fur off land 1480 Acta Conc. 64/2.
Walter Wallance gert cast the teind schefe … in the furris 1513 Doug. vii. xiii. 106.
The folkis … That hard furrys had telit mony a da Ib. ix. vii. 149.
The purpour flour in fur or sewch 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3242.
To gar him lance ovir land and furris 1565 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 28 b.
Ane fur of guid loukit kaill, and failȝeand thairof ane fur of ony vther kaill 1601 Reg. Privy C. VI. 222.
[Duff had] strampit and kaist the teillit furris downe 1628 Dumfries Test. I a. 179.
To saw … pairt on the lay, ane vther pairt on the avall, ane pairt on the thrid furre 1678 Lauder Hist. Observes 272.
Fintry … is not heritor of a fur of land within the shiretrans. 1513 Doug. ii. xi. 32.
Thar followis a streym of fyre, or a lang fur [L. sulcus]attrib. c1475 Wall. i. 405.
The suerd flaw fra him a fur breid on the land a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 1279.
The renk raikit to the roy … Ane furlenth before his folk