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(Schare,) Shair, n.1 (? MLG schare a troop of soldiers, Du. schaar troop, multitude. Cf. also schare Scar(e n.1) —1650 Laing MSS 251.
I wold hewe yow with all heast bring your shair thegether and marche this way
