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Quotation dates: 1420-1442, 1494-1669
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Fire-hous, Fyre-hous(e, n. Also: fyr-, fyirhous. [e.m.E. fyer howse (1530), OE. fýrhús.] A house having a fire-place. c1420 Wynt. vi. 458.
He heycht a denere To pay … Off ilk fyre hows 1442 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 6.
That the said twa seriandes sall haif to thair fie of ilk fyrehous … ij d. 1494 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 422.
For the quhilkis [street-cleaning] he sall haue ane penny of ilkane fyr hous 1507 Ib. 76.
Evere fyrhouse within this burghe sale furnis … ane sufficient work servand 1552 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 170.
Almaist with the thing that costis you nocht, quhilk is … ane penny in the wolk of euery fire hous 1600 Misc. Spald. C. IV. 268.
Ilk fyir hous [pays yearly] ane reick hen 1643 Misc. Abbotsf. C. I. 183.
His wyif cam to him, and desyrit him to rys, and cum to the fyre hous 1669 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III. 26.
The said captane … caused a smith putt on a lock in his fyre house
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