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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Ham(m)er-, Hemmyr-stand, n. [f. hammer Hamburgh attrib. n. + Stand n.2.] A kind of beer barrel. = Hamburgh barrel. — 1477 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 408.
A brewyne fat, a hemmyr-stand, a bukket 1507 Dunferm. B. Rec. 163.
A mask fat … , a hammerstande 1538
Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVI. 535 (J).
ij hamerstandis and an brewyne falt
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