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Quotation dates: 1850-1851
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GURTH, n. Crushed curd for cheese-making, “curd, after it has been broken down, or wrought small by the hands” (Lnk. 1825 Jam.; Ayr. 1912 D. McNaught Kilmaurs 297).Ayr. a.1851 A. Aitken Poems (1873) 42:
An' muckle knives for cutting gurth, ham, bacon, cheese, or veal.
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