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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Beildar(e, Beilder, n. [ME. (belder,) bilder, bylder, f. bilde Beild v.] A builder.c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxiii. 12.
Beildaris of barkis and ballingaris 1533 Bell. Livy II. 80/17.
Augustus Cesare (quhilk was the beildare of all divine tempillis) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 590.
Those beildaris gat none vther afflictioun Ib. 1628.
Nemrod, … That beilder was of Babilone 1570 Sat. P. xx. 170.
That campion of Babilon, That bludy beildar vp a 1580 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 297.
Ane citie … quhais beildare and maker is God
