A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1575-1650
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Bord(e, Boird, n. [ME. borde edging, hem, OE. bord or OF. bord.]
1. A ridge or rim of a hill.14.. Acts I. p. xxvii. note.
All kynd of monthis … Within Scotland hes mercheis thre, Heidrowm, watter and monthis bord c1575 Balfour Pract. 439.
Ane bord brokin in dennis deep Sall hald the lyne 1640 Lithgow Poet. Remains 191.
On Sions lower flat … Benorthd with Moriahs squink devalling bord
2. The brim of a vessel.1421 Douglas Chart. 57.
A basyne and a lawer of siluer, gylt about the borde
3. An edging or border on a garment, hat, etc.1581 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 822.
Reid Inglis stemmyng to be calȝeit bordis to work the bordar of the said scheittis 1586 Ib. 59.
Grein welwet to be ane of the sadill coveringis and to wirk the bordis of the fals hous thairof 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 109.
Half ane dossoun of hatis with ane boird of weluot 1619 Ib. L. 266.
Ane goun of blak with braid bordis of velvot c1650 Spalding I. 35.
Haueing broun veluot cottis … with boirdis of blak veluot
