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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quowart, Quawart, n. [Appar. Gael. cuairt, OIr. cúairt, circuit, tour, journey, visit, circumambulation: cf. also Quert stewart.] In Mull: A customary payment of meal and cheese due from a tenant as part of his rent; ? as an allowance for the entertainment of the chief or his steward on his circuit of visits to the tenancies. — 1588 Iona Rental in Coll. Rebus Alban. 174.
Kilmakewin … quowart [3½ stones meal, 3½ stones cheese]; Seirpene … quowart [2 stones meal, 2 stones cheese] 1587–8 Reg. Great S. 510/1.
[Rents of Schabay, Kilmakewin, Seirpene, etc.:] In eik, pro quawart secundum usum 3 pondera farine, 3 pondera casei … a 3 denariatis dicte ville (quarta den. liberata a quowart) … in eik, 1½ pondera farine lapide abbatis pro quawart