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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1576-1630
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Brandering, n. [Brander n.] The material or structure forming a ‘brander’. 1596–7 Misc. Spald. C. V. 65.
For careing of the gallowis to the blokhous, laying of gryt stones upon the brandering therof, and setting of it 1576 Protocol Book of W. Cumming 178 b.
In the hall … tway syd burdis with branderingis 1630 Kirkcaldy Presb. 7.
For saxtein tries to be fluireing balks, brandering and upstanders to the hall fluir above the celler
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