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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1520-1586

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Demare, -air, n. [ME. demar (c 1440), -are (c 1225), demere, OE. démere.] A censurer; a judge. —a1570-86 Dunb. Maitland Folio MS lii. 42.
War nocht the mater wald grow mair To wirk vengeance on ane demair c1520-c1535 Nisbet Hebr. iv. 12.
The word of God is … demare of thouchtis

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