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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1501, 1563, 1619-1627
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Hie burd(e, n. Also: buird, boord. [Hie a.] The high, or Principal, table in a dining-hall. — a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1512.
Thir lordis of worschipe ar eith to wit, At the hie burd thai all sall sit 1500–1 Acts Lords of Council II. 477.
Twa sidburdis, ane hie burd 1563 Montgomery Mem. 197.
Ane cled baucoir at the hiebuird 1619 Breadalbane Doc. (Reg. H.) No. 428.
Of counter burd clothis for the hie burd 1627 Mun. Univ. Glasg. III. 529.
Sax boordcloaths to the hie boord
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