Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1715, 1794
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TIRE, n.2 Also tyre. Sc. forms (also in Eng. till the 19th c.) of Eng. tier, a row or course, specif. of stones or turf on a wall. The spelling tyre is common in O.Sc. and suggests the pronunciation [′təiər] which is phonologically more regular than Eng. [′tiər]Abd. 1715 Session Papers, Magistrates Peterhead v. Governors Merchant Maiden Hosp. (May 1838) App. 31:
To put on three tyres of fail upon the said dyke.Per. 1794 J. Robertson Agric. S. Per. 62:
The largest stones are always put in the tire which rests in the double part.
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