Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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DEANRY, n. Appar. a custom or toll imposed on the authority of a Dean of Guild, specif. in Wigtown on merchandise crossing the river Cree. Hist.Wgt. 1704 G. Fraser Lowland Lore (1880) 29:
And sicklyke, for payament of deannirie for all Sullayes [stellages], both free and unfree within their respective bounds. Wgt. 1877 G. Fraser Sketches 34:
Rent of Custom and Deanry a Hundred Years Ago. In 1773 the right to uplift these dues was set to Anthony Conning, “indweller in Wigtoun,” at £4 sterling.
