A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fer(r)y fraucht, n. Also: ferré, ferrie. [Ferry n.] The charge for ferrying. —1548 Treas. Acc. IX. 165.
For carage of hir [sc. a cannon] furthe of Kingorne to the ferre, … for ferre frauchte of hir 1577 Reg. Privy C. ii. 611.
To schaw thame … gude intertenyment in meit, drink, ferry fraucht, … in thair cuming … or departing 1641 Acts V. 607/2.
To haue ane ferrie vpone the water of Done and ferrie fraucht thairof
