A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1434, 1546-1579
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Hery-watter, -walter, -valter, n. [Hery v. Cf. Herry-watter.] A kind of fishing-net, lit. one which harried or despoiled the water, Also fig. —1434 Exchequer Rolls IV. 593.
Pro uno rethe, videlicet a herywatter 1546 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 246.
All maner of nettis, cobillis, wawsperis, heryvalteris and all wther instrumentis 1579 Acts. III. 147.
All … that distroyis the smoltis and fry of salmond … be polkis, creillis, trammelnettis and hery watteris —fig. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4761.
Thare herywalter they spred in all countreis And, with thare hois nett, daylie drawis to Rome The most fyne gold that is in Christindome
