A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1587-1641
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]
Herbory, -borie, -burie, n. [Later var. of Herbery n. Cf. Harbory.] A harbour. — 1587 Irvine Mun. I. 74.
To visie … the watter mouth, heavin, port and herborie … and sie gif the said herbrie … may be helpit 1601 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 219.
Quhon ony schipe … cumis to the herborie 1641 Acts V. 462/1.
[He] went to ane herbory … to mend his schipe 1641 Ib. (1817) 519/2.
Ane frie burghe with frie port, heavin and herburie
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Herbory n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/herbory>
