A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bar, v. Also: barr. [ME. bar (c 1300), barre. (OF. barrer. See also Barrit p.p.]
1. tr. To secure (a door, etc.) by a bar.1375 Barb. iv. 433 (thai thair ȝet barrit so fast); xvii. 444 (the ȝhet thai barrit). c1420 Wynt. iii. 330 (the yhattis lokyt wer and barryd fast). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxii. 46 (quhen durris wes bard).
2. To shut out, exclude, debar.c1475 Wall. ix. 1685 (quhen erll Malcom had bard thaim fra the place). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxi. 38 (trewth standis barrit at the dure). 1533 Bell. Livy I. 167/7 (the Sabynis barrit him fra the frutis thareof). a1568 Scott i. 211 (quhilkis ar nocht skar to bar on far fra bawrdis).
