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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1475-1567

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Ray, Raye, n.1 [ME (1399) and e.m.E. ray(e.]

1. Array; order of battle. = Array n. 1.Common in Wall.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v 59.
Butler be than had putt his men in ray
c1475 Ib. 877.
To brek thar ray he besyit hym full fast
c1475 Ib. vi 498.
Than rais thai wp; till ray [1570 array] sone ordand thai
c1475 Ib. vii 768.
In broken ray and we cum on thaim thus We may [etc.]
c1475 Ib. x 195. 1535 Stewart 4299.
To ray he ȝeid rycht sharplie under scheild
c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3111.
Thare apperit, In battell raye, ane new armye
fig. 1567 Satirical Poems iv 43.
Fra credite I crakit, Kyndnes brak ray [: say]

2. Apparel; array. = Array n. 2.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiv 79.
Na of this hyr [ed. hyr this] thol nocht the ray Confonde me one domysday
a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 432.
The royall rinkis in thair ray In garmentis gay garnischit on euerie grane

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