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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aslar, Astler, n. Also: aslaur, aslayr, asler, assillar(e, aselar, aceler, assh-, ashler, arshleir, -ller; astlare, astlair, -layr, astleir. [Variant of Aislar n. See also Eslar.] Hewn stone.(a) 1501 Edinb. B. Rec. 89.
That he sall furnys in hewing vj^c fete of aslaurris 1531 M. Works Acc. II. 4.
xxvii pece aslar … to be wrocht in aslayris 1533 Boece ix. x. 312.
Ane plesing kirk craftely biggit of assillare weill hewyn & dressit 1560 Edinb. Old Acc. 317.
Item … for hewin wark, wall stanis and assillars 1623 Aberd. Univ. Rec. 282.
The haill upmest cours of the haill arshleir 1654 Mun. Univ. Glasg. III. 494.
66 peice of asshler of the Towne Quarrell 1695 Lanark B. Rec. 257.
A thousand stones … for asler to Clydsholme bridge(b) 1387 Edinb. Chart. 36.
xij^c hewyn stanys astlayr and coynyhe 1440 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 396.
Dabit … ad fabricam ecclesie … dimid. rude de astlaris 1501 Edinb. B. Rec. 89.
He sall furnys ilk fute of the astler weill hewin on all faces 1508 Comp. Episc. Dunkeld MS. 67.
In … solucionem laboris Iohannis massone circa lie astleir in Tullelum a1586 Maitland Ho. Seton 29.
Biggit ane yle on the south syd of the paroche kirk … of fyne astler 1563 Edinb. Old Acc. 381.
To the quariour that wan the said astlaris

b. Attrib. with stane, wall, wark. 1531 Bell. Boece I. 82.
The pavement hes bene of aselar stanis 1560 Reg. S. Trin. 160.
For ii^cxv aslar stanis 1574 Inverness B. Rec. I. 239.
The away tacking of the aslar wall Ib.
To big the saidis wallis wyth stane, lyme, and aslar wark 1591 Misc. Spald. C. III. 163.
Thrie thowsand peice of fyne hewin free staine ashler work 1596 Dalr. I. 15/29.
An ornate brig of astlare warke 1610 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 312.
Five quarter hicht … with asler werk for saiftie of barnis c1650 Spalding II. 300.
Doctour Goold … brak doun the astler wark about the turretis