A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Whar(e)at, rel. adv. [Varr. of Quhar(e)at rel. adv.] a. = Quhar(e)at rel. adv. 3 a. b. = Quhar(e)at rel. adv. 3 b. —a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1165 (C).
A … grave … Whare at hyr bodye buryed was —b. 1600-1610 Melvill 256.
I causit prepear … a banquet of wat and dry confectiones, with all sortes of wyne, wharat his Majestie camped verie mirrelie a guid whyll
