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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chargeour, Chairgeour, n.1 Also: chargour, -or. [ME. chargeour (c 1305).] A large plate or dish; a platter.1478 Acta Aud. 67/1.
vj pewder dischis, iiij gret pewder chargeouris 1495 Halyb. 87.
iij dussone off powdir weschall with chargoris 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 177.
xxx plaittis, … xiiij dischis, … thre chairgeouris 1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. 209.
Ane pan, ane posnat, … a chargeour 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 39.
Ane chargeour, ane plait 1535 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. VII. 153 b.
Ane plait, ane chargeour, ane dische
b. Attrib. with plate.1548 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 136.
Ilk pund wecht of tin of the best chargeour seruice plaite 1589 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 128.
Ane grit chargeour plait with ane counterfit 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV. 288.
Small pan, basing, chargour plait, counterfute
