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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1551-1622
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Quar(r)our, -er, Querrour, n. = Quar(r)eo(u)r, Quar(r)ier. — 1551 Glasgow Masons 4.
Quarrours 1567 Edinb. B. Rec. III 239.
Masoneis, layaris, quarrouris, barromen 1615 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 352.
Quareris 1622 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 277.
Querrour
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