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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Legur, n. [e.m.E. leaguer (1591).] A member of a league or confederacy (Leg(e n. 3), a conspirator. — 1593 Cal. Sc. P. XI. 184.
[To concur in such affairs as shall seem necessary to her (Elizabeth) for our sovereign's safety from] the practises of Spanische legurs [or disturbers of the settled religion and amity]
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