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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Prise-,) Price-makar, n. [Pris(e n.¹ 4 c.] = Prisar n. a. —1577 Edinb. B. Rec. III 18.
James Lindesay baillie, and Sir William M^cDougall … to be the price makaris thairof [lime] allanerlie