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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1909

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CARTOW, n. A cannon. Arch.Abd. 1909 J.T. Jeannie Jaffray iv.:
Ye'll better ram some mair o' the cartows wi' stanes, an' get lodg't in the towbeith; ye'll fin't the safest quarters by-an'-by.

[O.Sc. cartow, a quarter-cannon, throwing a ball of a quarter of a hundredweight (D.O.S.T.). Du. kartouw, cannon-royal, Lat. quartum, a quarter (cf. Corter, a quarter of a round of oat-cake, etc.).]

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