A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1566-1570
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(Schare,) Shar, n.2 [ME and e.m.E. ssare (1297), scharre (1297), schar (1340–70), OE scear, scær; f. as Scher(e v.] A ploughshare. —1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Georgics i 172.
Dentale, the pleuch shar or heid