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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plev-, Pliver, n. Also: pleff- and -ar, -ir. [ME. and e.m.E. plewer (north., 1390–1), pleuer (1486), thereafter appar. only Sc., OF. pleuvier, var. of plovier Pluvar n.] A plover. = Pluvar n.(a) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxv. 51 (B).
To eit swan cran pertrik and plever 1572 Sat. P. xxxiii. 396 (see Partrik n. 1 (d)). a1578 Pitsc. II. 173 note.
Pleffaris 1597 Household Bks. Jas. VI 2 Nov. 1599 Acts IV. 181/1.
That this act sall nawyis comprehend cvnnyng wodcokis pleuiris nor wilgus 1603 Philotus xxi.
Ane pair of pleuaris pypping hait(b) 1590 Burel Pilgr. i. xx.
The airne … had wont to dyne On pairtrick and on pliuer : liuer] 1596 Dalr. I. 90/5.
Kaipounis pliueris and vtheris sik kynd of cheir vset thay 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 22 Nov. 1668 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 52.
The pair of plivers 8.0 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 20.
A dog … of scent so cliver As to miss neither hare nor pliver 1688 Edinb. B. Rec. XI. 277.
The best pair of plivers [10 s.]
