Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Lair-stone, n. [? Lair n.1 (but ? cf. Gael. làr ground, floor as in Lair n.3).] Appar., a foundation-stone, ground-stone. fig. — 1661 Galloway Synod Suppl. in Wodrow Hist. (1828) I. 128.
We mean lordly prelacy, the very lair-stone of antichristian hierarchy
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Lair-stone n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 25 Dec 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/lair_stone>
