Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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AYLER, n., ne.Sc. form of elder. See Elder. [′elər]Abd. 1905 W. Watson Glimpses o' Auld Lang Syne 88:
I . . . heard a gossiping wife in my father's house descanting on the shame of an “ingarant craiter like Dilly bein' an ayler o' the kirk.”
