A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1472-1609
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Osar(e, Oser, n. Also: oszer; oyse (? erroneous). [ME. oyser (14th c.), osyer (Lydgate), e.m.E. osyar (1486), mod. Eng. and F. osier, med. L. auseria (8th c.).] An osier, a species of willow. Also osare-tre. 1472 Reg. Cupar A. I. 163.
In … plantatioun of treys, that is to say, eysses, osaris, and sauch 1473 Ib. 171.
Osare 1473 Ib. 192.
Osar 1503 Chart. Coupar A. II. 112.
Osaris 1585–6 Perth B. Ct. 21st Mar.
Certane growand treyis … to the number … of oser four and of akin treis tua 1609 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 303.
That na manir of persoun carie or transport wattellis or oyse inlangis the brig—comb. 1500 Treasurer's Accounts II. 98.
To the gardynar in Scone for osare treis to send to Strivelin vj s. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 57.
The oliue, the popil, & the oszer tree
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