A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
S(c)harer, Shairer, n. [17th c. Eng. sharer.] One who shares something, or shares in something, (with another). —1644 Wemyss Corr. 88.
That none be shairers with him in the prissoner's fynes 1655 Nicoll Diary 159.
Schareris 1676 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 24 March.
Equall sharers of what goods and geare [etc.]
