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: 1399-1538
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Chare, Char, n.1 Also: schare, cher. [ME. chare (c 1300), chaar, chayre, OF. charre, var. of char Chare n.2 Cf. Chair n.2]
1. A car for conveying articles.14.. Acts I. 44/2.
The ayre … sall hafe … a pluch, a wayne, a cart, a char ?1438 Alex. ii. 2589.
Men hes me tald That thay haue vennisoun thikfald Takin, for to charge ane chare 1456 Hay I. 235/33.
Sik lordis … had necessite of … charis and chariots for to bring and cary … thingis that war nedefull to thame 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 409.
To pynouris for tursing fra Edinburgh to Leith of thre cofferis with the Kingis clathis, ij charis of the quenis, and iiij landellis
2. A car for riding in; a chariot. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 220.
Hyr fadir than … mad care Quhen he saw cum hame hir chare c1420 Wynt. v. 2717.
As he Intyll hys chare fra his palas In hys way past c1420 Ib. 2731.
He stud ewyn wpe intill his chare [: ware] a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 3.
Quhen that the brycht and fresch illumynare Uprisith arly in his fyre charea1500 Ib. 734.
Mony o strong chariot and cher [: sqwar]1513 Doug. i. iv. 3.
Neptune … Vndir the stabillit hevin movit in his chare 1513 Ib. ix. v. 97; etc.
Twa charis rych, … Quhilkis to me gave the Sydoines Dido 1513 Ib.x v 95 (Ruthv.).
Lyonys lokkit in ane schare1531 Bell. Boece I. p. civ.
Goldin Titan, with his birnand chare
