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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thar(e)-doun(e, Thair-doun(e, adv. Also: thare-, thair-downe. [ME þer doune (1297), ther doune (c1325).] Down there; down below; down, in a downward direction. 1375 Barb. x 652.
Quhen thai thar-doune [C. thair doun] thar lord swa Saw clumbyne wp apon the wall As woud men thai clamb eftre all 1375 Barb. xi 307.
Amang the treys The hors-men alwayis [cummerit beis], And the sykis als-sua that ar thar-doun [C. thair doune] Sall put thaim to confusioune 1388 Bamff Chart. 22.
The water rynnys north betuene the tua toftis bath thar doun and thar uppe 1482 Edinb. B. Rec. I 45.
Thir custumys to be payit … of ilk pak of claith that cummis to the schore of vnfremen iiij d. And of ilk laid of salt met thare doun j d. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 484.
Nevir nane sik ane be callit a Scot, A rottyn crok, louse of the dok, thare doune [sc. in England] a1538 Abell 53a.
He gart … serwandis wind him in a wil sek & haif him furth on the feild & la him thare downe a1540 Freiris Berw. 178 (B).
Throw the burdis … A littill hooill on sic a wyis maid he, All that thay did thair doun he micht weill se 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I 250.
For upbringing of twa chalmeris furth of Leith that wes left thair downe … viij d. a1570-86 Balnaves in Maitl. F. 357/54.
O gallandis all … Mak throw no vant ouiroft to hant In places darne thair doun