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Quotation dates: 1513
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Hattyr, n. [? F. hêtre, the beech-tree, wrongly applied by Douglas.] Hattyr gestis, app. maple beams, rendering the L. trabibus acernis. — 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 99.
Sen this hors was heir Of hattyr [R. haltir] gestis beldit vp 1513 Ib. ix. iii. 24.
My hallowit schaw … With pikky tries blak skuggit abowt, And abundans of hattyr gestis stowt
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