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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1571-1599
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Slepar, -er, n.2 [? f. Sleparn.1 Cf. mod. Eng. sleeper (1607) a horizontal beam or balk supporting a wall, etc. or, ? perhaps more likely, related to e.m.E. slype (1538), slipe (1597) a long narrow strip; Slip n.2] Appar. a piece or ? pane (of glass). Cf. however slip a glazing bead (G. L. Pride Glossary of Scottish Building). — 1571–2 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. VII 62.
Item … for outtakin of the sleperis of the windois of the kirk 1599 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 715.
To the … heich wyndos … in the stepill ane slepar of new glas of sex fute
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