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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUTTRAGE, n. Buttress.Abd. 1724–1725 W. Orem Hist. of Old Abd. in Biblioth. Topog. Britannica (ed. Nichols 1790) V. 24:
The toofalls on the South and North sides of said church have buttrages.

[O.Sc. buttrage, a buttress, 1588 (D.O.S.T.).]

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