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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: 1582-1628

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Scharny, Schairnie, adj. [Scharn n.] Dirty with, or as with dung; filthy. —1582 Burntisland B. Ct. 1 May.
The wallis … ar … maid wnclein with the blecheine and wescheine off fuwll scharny wncleine wobbis off linninge claithe a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 162.
A quhite girth on a schairnie coig

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