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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lubbard, -ert, n. [e.m.E. lubbard (1586), -erd (1612), and later Sc. lub(b)ard, -ert : cf. e.m.Du. lubbert beside lubber.] = Lub(b)er n. — 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 99.
Thare began flyting and sic flyting as comonlie we have not hard, for besydes thir wordis, Away lubbard, Away blewcoit, I defye thé whytecott, Dyrt vpon your teith [etc.] 1609 Old Dundee I. 315.
[Thomas Lindsay, goldsmith, wes charged with mispersoning Bailie Clayhills by calling him] lubbert [and in respect of sufficient verification made of the word above written, put in ward]