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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chalmer burd(e, n. Also: buird. [Chalmer n. 3.] A table for a chamber. Also attrib. with claith, end.1566 Prot. Bk. T. Johnsoun 97.
2 lang burdis, … 1 chalmer burd 1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. 62 b.
His sone in law … sitting with him self at his awne chalmer burde end 1585 Elphinstone Mun. 22.
In the chalmer within the said Hall ane chalmer buird onlie 1614 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. 3.
Ane greine chalmer buirdclaith Ib. 31.
Ane chalmer burd of aik

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