A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Sinder,) n. Pl. sinders, schinders, syndris. [ME synder (Trevisa), also cyndyr (Prompt. Parv.), e.m.E. cinder (a1547), sinder (1575), OE sinder, -or, synder scoria, iron slag.] An ember or cinder. Cf. Cin(n)er-coal n. —1513 Doug. xi xv 50.
We … Oft with … our nakyt solys Down thryngis feil hait syndris and fyry colys 1548 Perth Hammermen 70.
Quhat prenteis or servand … that castis sinders at uthir … or puttis sinders under the horsis taillis … sall pay … twa poundis of valx 1596 Elgin Rec. II 45.
Scho gaif command to hir nureishe to weshe hir barne with irne vre and smiddie schinders 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 396.
[The phoenix's] sinders in his seid shall keip his honor alyve to the last generation 1677–81 Mint Melting Journals 23.
2 oun: gott out of the sinders and put in heir
