A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1637, 1693
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Lair, n.2 [North. ME. layre, lare, lair(e (Cursor M.), ON. leir clay, mud (Norw. leir, Sw. Da. ler).] Mud, mire; a muddy or miry place, a mire. —1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 225.
My short legs could not step over this lair, or sinking mire 1693 Foulis Acc. Bk. 157.
To 4 souldiers helped the coatch out of the lair beyond the Coltbridge 1693 Ib.
To Jone Frizell (of the 180lib I got for helping the Coltbridge and hieway) for helping the holls or lairs be east the Coltbridge