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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1551-1586, 1685
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Hyre-woman, n. Also: hyr-, hyir(e-, and -voman, -woeman. [Cf. Hyreman.] A woman-servant hired for wages.1551 Hamilton Catechism 112.
Thow sall nocht cowet thi nychtbouris … servand, nor his hyir woman a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxviii. 6.
Wydewis, maidnis, and hyre women [Q. hyire-wemen] a1570-86 Ib. 26.
The hyre women gettis na balbeis 1581 Burne Disput. 146.
That it is lesum to euerie man to tak his hyre voman and ly vith hir, quhen his vyf refusis 1685 Brechin Testaments VII. 127.
To Margaret Tailȝour, hyre woeman, for ane years fee x lib.
