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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhit(e)-ledder, -ir, n. Also: quhyte-, wait-. [ME and e.m.E. witleȝtr (1366–7), whyȝt ledyr (c1440), whitlether (1487–8), white- (1519). Cf. Quhite adj. 1 b.] White leather; a skin of this. Also attrib. 1473–4 Treas. Acc. I 34.
To by quhite ledder to bind the furring of thre gownis to the qwene
1503 Ib. II 237. 1505 Ib. III 43.
For ij skinnis of quhit leddir to the ermyngis of the quenis goun
1557 Exch. R. XIX 2.
Quhiteleddir
1580 Ib. XXI 3. 1585 Edinb. Hammermen III 40.
Libertie & licence … to mak belting beltis & surde (sic) beltis of quhyte ledder allanerlie
attrib. 1574 Edinb. Test. III 143.
Quhite ledder dog leischis
Ib. 143b.
Scheip ledder gluiffis price of the dosane vij s. … quhite ledder gluiffis price of the dosane vj s.
1591 Fam. Rose 280.
Ane quhyte ledder purs
1591 Thanes of Cawdor 205.
For ane pair of wait ledder schone

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