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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Schere, Scheir(e, n.² Also: scheyre, schear, schaire. [ME and e.m.E. schere (Ancr. R.), sheer (a1290), shzare, schore (both c1325), schar (1388), shaar (1398), share (1545), f. as Scar(e n.¹] The fork of the human body; the groin. Also comb. in schear bane, the share-bone, pubis. c1420 Wynt. iii 865.
Than all thai wywys … Tyt wp thare clathis outh thaire scheyre [W. scheire] And poyntyt to thaire prewa gere That betwene thaire lymys stude 1513 Doug. iii vi 135.
A fair virgynys body doun to hir scheir [Ruddim. schere] 1531 Bell. Boece II 274.
Edrik … [gaif him] ane straik throw the scheir in his bowellis a1568 Bann. MS 141b/44.
Thairwith I schot be neth hir scheir, Deip to the stanis c1600 Medical Recipes fol. 90.
The nather end of a voman that is to say the navill the vames and the law partis of the vomen and the schairecomb. 15.. Nat. Lib. MS 22. 2. 11.
Maik it [sc. a poultice] so hoat as the child can be abill to tholl it aboue the schear bean or wand