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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Herry-, Herri(e)-wat(t)er, n. [Herry v.] A kind of fishing-net. = Hery-watter n. Also fig. and attrib. with net, pock.1579 Acts III. 147/2.
Herry watteris 1599 Reg. Privy C. VI. 625.
Not to slay any salmon fish … with … creel, pock, herriwatter or any other kind of engine 1642 Aberd. Council Lett. II. 347.
Nettis, creillis, herrie watter pockis or any other ingyne for fishing of salmond 1698 Acts X. 149/1.
Salmond fishing or other fishing … with pocknets, herry water nets or other engynes or devycesfig. A. Symson Christ's Test. Unf. E viij (J).
[The doctrine of Purgatory] is ane herrie-water-net, and hath ouer-spread the whole waters 1629 Boyd Last B. 180.
Alexander had fished the whole world with his herrie water net
