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(Warehous,) Wairhous(e, n. Also: wairehous(e, wayrhous, wearhous. [ME and e.m.E. warehous (1349), warehows (1453), warehouse (1530), Du. warenhuis.] A warehouse, a building in which goods are stored. b. attrib. and comb.(a) 1640 Edinb. Test. LIX 244a.
In his wairhouse thrie scoir ane ellis of grene and rid cotting freis 1642 Edinb. Test. LX 164a.
Thair was lying in the wairhous certane silkis 1642 Misc. Bann. C. II 260.
Quhilkis haill buikis, abowe writtane, were lyand vnbund in the defunctis [sc. James Bryson, printer] wairehous 1652 Nicoll Diary 97.
A violent and suddent fyre, quhairby … all the chops and wayrhousis of the merchantis, many quhairof ar neirby ruyned 1657 Edinb. Test. LXIX 48a.
In his said wairehouse at Leithe some Spanishe tobaco 1664 Inventory 3 in Decr. Dalr. XI.
The wair in the booth and others in the wairhouse 1678 Edinb. B. Rec. X 338.
The enterie to the wair hous of the custome office most of necessitie be altered 1678 Edinb. B. Rec. X 354.
Andrew Mastertoun … to be keeper of the merchant magazine hous or wairhous within this burgh, wherin is to be put all merchant goods imported by and perteining to strangers and unfriemen(b) 1642 Misc. Bann. C. II 259.
Lyand in the defunctis wearhous … thrie ryme of single catechissimesb. 1678 Edinb. B. Rec. X 354.
The said Andrew Mastertoun to have for his pains … ten shilling Scots money … with the wairhous maill in use to be peyed 1699 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXV 66.
Store and wairhouse keeper and provisor to their saids milnes