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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1568, 1620-1655
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(Tere,) Teir, Tear(e, v.2 [Late ME and e.m.E. tere (c1430), teare (1575), OE teárian; Tere n.] a. intr. (tr.) To weep. The marginal addition may suggest a later understanding of this as transitive. b. tr. To cause (the eyes) to fill with tears. —a. a1568 Bannatyne MS I p. 40/34.
For thyn syn daylie mwrne and teir [marg. addition mony a teir] —b. c1620 Boyd Zion's Fl. 112.
Feare teares your eyes 1655 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 136.
He did mack ane moke of repentance by putting in of sneishen in his eyes to make them tear
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