A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Raso(u)r, n.2 Also: reasoure. [OProvençal rezeur, var. of OF reiseul trapper's net (1299), reseul (Cotgr.), later = needlework in mesh form, network, L. retiolum dimin. of retis a net. See also Raseue attrib.] Network. —1578 Inv. Wardrobe 218.
Aucht small peces of rasour of quhite silk begun to sew on Ib. 225.
Ane skirt of rasour of silver and incarnet silk Ib. 230.
Fyve litill vaillis of wovin rasour of threid 1595–6 Castle Campbell Inv. in Sc. Hist. Rev. X 301.
Item ane lynnein bed bandit with rasor work 1598 Black Bk. Taymouth 323.
Reasoure courtingis
