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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1630
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Porice, n. [Var. of Police n.] The plantations etc. which improved an estate; the ‘policies’ of an estate. = Policie n. 6. — 1630 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 240.
To try if by his licence … he might come to hunt in the porice in Durines
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