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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Side-burd(e, n. Also: syde-, (sye-) and -buird, -buyrd, -bourd. [ME and e.m.E. side-borde (14th c.); Sid(e n. 10 and Burd(e n. 2.] A table placed at or near the side of a room or hall. Also comb. 1500–1 Acta Conc. II 477.
Twa sidburdis, ane hie burd [etc.] 1546 Reg. Great S. 9/1.
2 mensis lie syde burdis 1560 Old Dundee II 236.
Within the hall … ane side buird [etc.] 1562 Will A. Betoun 224.
In the hall of Balmaddy ane desbuyrd, twa syd buyrdis, twa furmis [etc.] 1562 Will A. Betoun 224.
In the hall of Kelly ane besbuyrd and three syd buyrds 1574 Reg. Great S. 616/1.
Mensa lie lang syde-burde et sedile lie furme 1576 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 178b.
In the hall … tway syd burdis with branderingis 1641 Edinb. Test. LX 5b.
Ane syd buird with ane carpett of bristell stuff thairvponecomb. 1571 Edinb. Test. II 161b.
The sye [? erron. for syd] bourd burd that standis in the hall syd