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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1795-1802
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†RAY, v., n.1
I. v. To prepare, make ready, rig out. Also in Eng. dial.Sc. 1795 Outlaw Murray in Child Ballads No. 305 A. xxxiv.:
“Gar ray my horse”, said the nobil King.
II. n. Order, arrangement, array, formation. Obs. in Eng.Sc. 1802 Scott Minstrelsy I. 164:
Yet follow me, my feiries five, And see of me ye keep good ray.
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