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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1566-1591
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Pilléar, -iar, n. [F. pilleur.] A robber by sea, a pirate. — 1566 Reg. Privy S. V. ii. 203/1.
To … tak all and sindrie pirattis sey thevis rubbaris pilliaris rebellis and malefactouris upoun the seyis 1591 Reg. Privy C. IV. 627.
As thocht thai had bene the pillearis of the saidis guidis [sc. taken by Thomas Ogilvy out of a ship of certain inhabitants of Danskine]
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