A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1482, 1662
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]
Drystar, -er, n. [ME. dryster (15th c.).] One in charge of the drying of grain in a kiln. — 1482 Peebles B. Rec. 192.
The drystar sall haf for ilk kyllfull tyll his seruice vj d. and his dynar 1662 Lamont Diary 143.
The corne kill tooke fyre … old Robert Baill being dryster that day
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Drystar n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/drystar>
