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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1699
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Harit, ppl. adj. Also: -yt, hearid. [Northern ME. hared (c 1400), north. midl. horit (c 1400), midl. also herid, f. Hare n.2]
1. Having hair; -haired.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 1929.
[He was] Bowand bron haryt, on browis and breis lycht 1513 Doug. ix. x. 112.
The brycht curland haryt Appollo16.. Reg. Panmure I. p. xxxviii.
He wes … ane man of mid stature, of ane mild countenance, rib noset, black hearid
2. Of cattle: ‘Having a mixture of white and red, or white and black hairs’ (J).1519 Wigtown B. Ct. 96 b.
Ane vii ȝeir ald harit kow1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXIII. 24.
Tua oxin, ane broun hommyll and ane harycht [sic] 1563 Protocol Book of J. Drummond 30.
Tua quyis, ane harit, … ane blak craiggit 1563 Protocol Book of J. Drummond 30.
ix oxin, … ane harit, … ane blak humbill spangit 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III. 39.
Ane ȝoung harit ox 1578 Edinburgh Testaments VI. 166.
Twa auld falit oxin, the ane ane harit ox & the vther ane blak ox 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XII. 199.
Ane harit quoy with calf
