A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Perré, -eye, -y, n. [ME. and e.m.E. perre (Manning), per(r)ey, perre(e (14th c.), and perry(e (? 1370), pery(e (15th c.), also pierrye (Caxton), AF. *perrie, OF. pierrie, syncopated f. OF. perrerie, pierrerie.] Precious stones collectively, jewellery. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 189.
Arayt with … goldine clathis & perre The riche[s]t that mycht fundyne be c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 1339.
Thay saw thair standartis … With timbris and wessillis of go[l]d and perry On helmis and basnetis sa mychtelie Ib. MS. 4290.
Ane chaplet of gold and perreye [: folly] Ib. 5709.
Ouresett with stanis of pretius perry [: massy]
