A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Curshar, variant of Courchair n. (curch). —1600-1610 Melvill 221.
My Lady Wedringhton … maid haist to the fyre, and thrusting in her curshar, brunt it