A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1508, 1644
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Larder, Lairder, n. [ME. larder (c 1305), (-ere, -re, -ar), e.m.E. larder, AF. larder, OF. lardier, med. L. lardarium, -erium, -ria. The usual Sc. word is Lardener, Ladinar.] A larder or store-room for meat. —1508 Rentale Dunkeld. MS. 61.
De quibus allocatur compotanti pro emptione septemdecim lie carcagis boum ad larder Tullelum 1644 Hume Douglas 28.
This cellar is called yet the Douglas lairder
