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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Wair,) Wayr, v. [Wair n.] intr.To dress (land) with seaweed. —1568 Inverness Rec. I 171.
Thai refuys … to fyll thair awin horsis that is mukkand and wayrand in Eister Drakye