A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Here,) Heire, n.4 [f. Her(e,v.] Hearing. —c1590 Fowler I. 188/8.
By heire, by touch, by taist, that kills my harte
