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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1537-1541
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Tyring, Tiring, vbl. n.2 [Tyre n.2 Cf. 19th c. Eng. tier v.] To stack (timber boards, etc.). — 1537–8 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 220.
To the pynouris of Leith for ilk pece sorting bering and tyring langis the schoir of the … gret tymmer 1538–9 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 262.
For xxxviii jestis … bering in inlykwys to the flottis and tiring of the samyn viii s. 1539–41 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 288.
To the pynouris … for tyring of the hale tymmer
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