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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1641-1653

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(Mer,) Marr(e, n. [ME. mer(e (Cursor M.), e.m.E. marr (1551), f. Mer,v.] Hindrance, impediment, difficulty. —1641 Baillie I. 374.
Mr. David [Dickson], lest anie rub or marr from this should come to him … gave in a bill to have the matter cleared 1653 Id. Dissuas. Vindic. (1655) 43.
The main marre of their labour was the common error of independency

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