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Stalliard, n. (17th c. Eng. steeleyard (1639), stilliard (1650) a steelyard.) —1633 Sibbald's Orkn. & Shetl. 33.
Pundler, is a beam … In most it does resemble a stalliard a1688 Wallace Orkney (1700) 70.
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