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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1563-1626, 1686
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Raisar, Rasar, n. Also: -are, -er(e. [ME and e.m.E. rayser (13..), rasar (c1460), raiser, ME also reiser (Wyclif), Rais(e v.] One who raises, in various senses of Rais(e v.Cf. Rais(e v. 11, 12 and 13.(1) 1569 Black Bk. Taymouth 213.
Rasaris of fyre 1572 Reg. Privy C. II 153.
Raisaris(2) 1565 Reg. Privy C. I 356.
Ane seditious persoun and rasar of tumult 1565 Facs. Nat. MSS III xlix.
The principall rasaris of this tumult 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 24.
Rasaris of rebellioun 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 105.
A rasere of schisme c1575 Balfour Pract. 537.
Of leasing makeris, and raiseris of discord betwixt the king and his pepill a1585 Maitland Maitland Quarto MS 46/109.
All raseris of suspitioun 1626 Aberd. B. Rec. III 9.
Raiseres — 1686 Kingarth Par. Rec. 153.
The raisers of nicknames(3) 1597 Acts Sederunt ii 28.
The excipient, or raisar [v.r. raisare] of the said suspensioun sall be haldin and astrictit to proif payment thairof 1602 Criminal Trials II 390.
The partie persewar, rasar of the letteris
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