A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Bere-stra,) Beir-stra(y, n. Also: bar stra, bear strae. [Bere n.2] Barley-straw.1600-1610 Melvill 134.
He was fean till eat of a magre guse, skowdrit with bar stra 1609 Hilderstoun Silver Mines I. 181.
Beir stra to burne the charcole with 1670 Glasgow Weavers 82.
For thrie stouks of bear strae 1696 Foulis Acc. Bk. 196.
To pay … for 16 turss oatstrae … and 20 turss bear-strae
