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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Samplar, n. Also: -er, sampillar, sampelere. [ME and e.m.E. samplere (Cursor M.), sawmplere (Wyclif), samplar (1565), -er (1576), aphetic f. Ensamplar or Examplare.] a. An example to be imitated, an exemplar, a model. Also attrib.a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 1439.
For thai till hyme war as samplar To lewe his kyne … & this gret pilgrimag to tak Ib. xxxi 127.
Plato the sampelere 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith (1845) 45.
Christ hath made a rare copy, a curious sampler of mercy, of the Apostle Paulattrib. 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith (1845) 48.
A stone … some way conform to … Christ the sampler stone
b. A piece of embroidery serving as a pattern to be copied. Also attrib.1540 Treas. Acc. VII 319.
Gevin for ane elne fyne bontclaytht to be hir samplaris price thairof ij s. 1560 Letter of the Countess of Atholl in Law Memor. xxv.
I praye ȝow faill not to send me my samplar with the varkis [pr. varkp], [gap in MS] bath ȝow put in it, for I haif many warks begun bydand on it 1577–8 Glasgow B. Rec. (MC) 93.
Jonet Finny, sewister, is decernit … to delyuer to Jonet Maxuell … four sampillarisattrib. 1561 Inv. Wardrobe 129.
Twa samplar peces of cammes pennit to be sewit
