A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bur, n.1 [e.m.E. burre (c 1530).] An iron ring on a spearshaft. —1481 Acts II. 132/2.
That thar be na speris made … that is schortar than … v elne at the leist before the bur
