Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1710, 1824-1873, 1931
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AISLAR, AISLER, AISHLER, ESTLER, n. Also aslure (Sc. 1726 W. Macfarlane Geog. Coll. (S.H.S.) I. 145), aceler (Slg. 1726 Slg. Burgh Rec. (1889) 190). Also used attrib. Sc. forms of ashlar, square-hewn stone; masonry constructed of such stone. (See also Ezlar.) [′eslər + ′ɛ-, ′eʃlər + ′ɛ-]Edb. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife and Kinross 139:
To the west of this, at the end of that Hill, is Scots-Tarvet, an old Tower of Aisler.
Combs.: (1) Aislar-bank (see quot.). (2) Estler stane, square-hewn stone. (3) Aislar wark, aishler — —, aislerwark, ashlar masonry.(1) Rxb. 1825 Jam.2:
Aislar-Bank, a reddish-coloured bank, with projecting rocks in a perpendicular form, as resembling ashler-work.
(2) Sc. I 1721 Ramsay Poems 259: Braw Towns shall rise, with Steeples mony a ane, And Houses bigget a' with Estler Stane.(3) Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 334:
Here's a face o' rock, . . . as fine aishler wark as ony o' yer Elgin banks or steeples.Bnff.2 1931:
Fin I wiz an apprentice mason, I vrocht at a new kirk in Aiberdeen — a' aislar wark.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 11:
Aislerwark — Masonic work, with hewn stones.
