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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Are, Air, n.¹ Also: ar; ayr, ayre; aer, eare. [Northern ME. are, ar (ME. ore, oor), OE. ár.] An oar.(a) 1375 Barb. iii. 576.
Sum went till ster and sum till ar Ib. 691.
Ankyrs, rapys, bath saile and ar c1420 Wynt. ii. 706.
Wytht arys sum thai dang rycht sare 1489 Treas. Acc. I. 124.
For a dusane of aris to the bat 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 111.
Down fallis salis, the aris sone we span Ib. viii. 7.
We sort our aris, and chesis rowaris 1549 Compl. 42/8.
The galliasse pat furtht … ane hundretht aris on euerye syde 1580 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 174.
Thair scarring … of the salmound fischis with … aris and nettis(b) c1475 Wall. vii. 1067.
A hundreth schippys, that ruthyr bur and ayr 1494 Treas. Acc. I. 243.
For beryng of the sayle and ayris to the kirk 1513 Doug. i. viii. 105.
To … take Tymmyr to beit ayrris Ib. viii. ii. 30.
Twa galeis … With dowbill raw of ayris 1572 Sat. P. xxxi. 102.
A bait … But boddum, air, or ruther 1599 Conv. Burghs II. 56.
Ilk doissin airis, tuelf peneis 1612 Bk. Rates 287.
Aires of all sortis(c) 1600-1610 Melvill 169.
We haiffing but twa eares, and the boot slaw and heavie 1602 Shetland Sheriff Ct. 26.
Ane Ingles schip boitt with twa earis