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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.

Firm(e, n.2 [Var. of Furme n.] A form for sitting on. —1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 176.
The hall witht … thre buirdis with trestis and firmes 1675 Ayr & W. Coll. IV. 124.
Williame Alasone … , found convict in takeing away firmes out of the Kirk 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 365.
A kitchin table with a firme 1731 Stirling B. Rec. II. 220.
To cause make tables & firms in both the saids churches

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