A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1560, 1611, 1666-1674
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(Meddillar,) Medlar, -er, Madler, n. [ME. (Wyclif) and e.m.E. medeler, -illar, medler.] a. One who meddles or concerns himself with or participates in (an affair). b. A fornicator. —a. 1560 Maitland in Cal. Sc. P. I. 354.
[I would wish the Queen had not proceeded and that I had not been a] medlar [in it] 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 348.
Too great a madler with state affairesb. 1611 Dundonald Par. Rec. 226.
Patrik Hunter and Margat Fullartoun … medleris befor thair mariage
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