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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hobler, Hobeler, -iller, n. [ME. hobelar, hoblur (c 1308), AF. hobelour, OF. hob(i)ler, f. hobi.] A light-armed horseman, one who rode a hobby. —1375 Barb. xi. 110.
Fifty thousand of archerys He had, forouten the hoblerys [E. hobeleris, H. hobillers] Ib. xiii. 640.
So ferlifull a mycht of men of armys and archeris, And of fute men and hobleris Ib. xvi. 80 (E).
Bath burges and chewalry, And hobilleris and yhumanry

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