A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bomspar, n. [Cf. Bome,n. and Spar n.] A large spar. —1612 Bk. Rates 290.
Bomsparres the hundreth, x li.