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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1535, 1600-1601, 1680
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Barlie, Barley, n. [ME. barley, barly, barli, early ME. barrliȝ, var. of barlik: see Barleke,n. Rare in Sc. in place of Bere.] Barley. Also attrib. with bere, oat, seid. a1500 Henr. Fab. 2784.
Seis thow, … of corne ȝone jolie flat, Of ryip aittis, of barlie, peis, and quheit? c1520-c1535 Nisbet John vi. 13.]
[The five barlie laaues and ij fisches 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. 265.
[The council] ordanis proclamatioun to be maid … makand intimatioun of the barlie beir cum in at Leyth 1601 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 184.
There came to his dur a spirit, … in the barley seid tyme c 1680 Coll. Aberd. & B. 95.
It is not every kind of bear that doth this, but a peculiar sort which is called barley oats
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