A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1513
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Chare, Char, n.2 Also: chaare. [ME. chare (15th c.), rare variant of chaiere Chair n.1] A chair or seat. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiii. 192.
Cled in hare, Putand a-way purpure & chare 1513 Doug. i. ii. 121.
King Eolus set hie apon his chare [L. celsa arce] With ceptour in hand 1513 Ib. xi. vii. 89.
The char or sete accordyng for the ryng [L. sellam regni] c1420 Wynt. v. 5537 (W).
Doune he saw that ymage lycht, And tuke his seat in a chaare [R. cheyare]
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