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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lede-, Leid-ur(e, n. Also: lead- and -uir, -oare. Lead-ore. Also attrib. with hous. 1466 Acta Aud. 5/2.
Anent certane lede vre takin out of the fre mure 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 284/2.
To Edwarde, Bischop of Orknay, … fredome to wyn and fyne lede ure within … Orknay and Schetland for the reparatioun … of his cathedrale kirk 1553 Treas. Acc. X. 206.
Debursit … upoun twa Franchemen … in Crawfurd Mure … be the saidis Franchemennis dewys wynnand leid ure 1565 Reg. Privy S. V. i. 658/1.
Power to win and transport certane leid uir furth of this realme 1584–5 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 399.
To tak the trone wechts to Leyth and wey certane leid vre thair ?1549 Monro W. Isles 24.
Lismoir, ane iyle quher leid ure is 1627 Dumfries Test. I a. 140.
Of leid vre pakit in barrellis estimat to j^c merkis 1647 J. Hope Diary (1919) 143.
They posed me what lead oare I had above ground 1677 Conv. Burghs IV. 4.
The agreement which makes lead, lead ur and salt to be staple comoditiesattrib. 1644 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 49.
Robert Grant keiper of the leid ure hows in Leyth