A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Skair,) Skayr, n. (? 18th c. Sc. skair (1795) ‘a slanting cut or notch in a piece of wood … a splice' (SND, s.v. Skair n.2) or ? another example of Scar(e n.1 4 a part or portion.) —1557–8 Inverness Rec. I 18.
Watte Cuper is cuming akit to refund deliuer to William Cuming burges of Innernes ane akyn gest of xvj fut lang and ane fut brod in the skayr betuix this and Beltan day nixt to cum
