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Luveray, Luferay, Loveray, n. Also: luweray, luverye, luffe-, luif(f)-, luife-, lufray(e, lufré; lovery, -iray, lovarray, lowery. [Sc. var. of Livery(e n.]

1. The dispensing of bounty to servants or retainers; the bounty so dispensed. Brus xiv. 233 (C).
He maid of vyne lufre Till ilk man, that he payit suld be c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 102.
Drynk! ay thay cryit … The feyndis gaif thame hait leid to laip, Thair lovery wes na les c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 96 a/48.
And scho war as scho hes bene Scho wald be lerger of lufray Than all the laif

2. Clothing bestowed as ‘livery’ or bounty, espec. in a distinctive design as a uniform. = Livery(e 2, Levery 2. Also ane loveray (of clothes). Also fig.(a) 1526 Treas. Acc. V. 278.
Ane luveray gevin … to … the Kingis hensmen … of ȝallow and reid carrisayefig. a 1550 Misc. Spald. C. II. xxix.
Hawthorne had lost his motlay luverye, His naked tuigs war shiuering all for cold(b) c1500 Crying of Play 140.
Addres ȝow furth with bow and flane In lusty grene lufraye And follow furth on Robyn Hude 1538 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 91.
To perfurneis to xvj persouns till be seriands at the entrie of the Quenis grace … ane lufray in maner following, … ane coitt of blak with slevis indentit berand the townis airmis [etc.] c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1166.
Threttie he put in his luferay c1550 Id. Test. Meldrum 135.
About my beir sall ryde ane multitude All of ane luiferay of my cullouris thrie 1593 Anal. Scot. II. 325.
Ordinance for geving of the sweshman ane garment in the townis luiffray 1593–4 Misc. Spald. C. V. 58.(c) 1538 Treas. Acc. VII. 119.
Deliverit to Antoun for his loveray, becaus that he wald nocht weir reid and ȝallow as his servandis, to by him uthiris claithis witht, [£9 17s.] 1541 Ib. 449.
For ane loveray of clathis … to Gilȝem that makis the fyris in the Kingis chalmer, making, lynyng, and all [£3 6s. 8d.] 15.. Clar. iv. 1544.
Chose ȝe anone Into this lovarray quha sall with ȝow gone a1586 Lindsay MS. 12.
Ane hors cowerit with his lowery 1599 Reg. Privy S. MS. LXXI. 9.
Maister of his gardrope … geveand to him … all feis casualiteis loverayis [infra lovirayis] and deuteis … perteining … thairto c1650 Spalding I. 35.
His Majestie … went to dynner … gardit with his ordinar English gard cled in his loveray, haueing broun veluot cottis syde to thair hoche [etc.]

b. Attrib. in luveray-clathis (-clais) and -clath.(a) 1494–5 Treas. Acc. I. 229.
For xxiij gownis and xxiij hudis of luveray clathis agane Gud Fryday 1522–3 Ib. V. 197.
To … ane of the ȝemen … for his luveray clath, tua elnis of weluot and ane half to be him ane dowblet 1565 Ib. XI. 359.
To Patrik … and Alexander … , portaris, for thair luweray claithis, … xx li. 1565–6 Ib. 469.
Luveray claithis(b) 1522–3 Treas. Acc. V. 198.
To the v Italian menstralis thair lufferay clais for the space of thre ȝeris, ilk ane of thaim takand ij lufferais in the ȝer(c) 1538 Treas. Acc. VII. 127.
To Maus Achisoun, lavendar, for hir loveray claithis 1539 Ib. 149, 1542 Ib. 476, etc.