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(Weder,) Weider, Vydster, Widder, n. [e.m.E. weder (1534).] One employed to pull up weeds. Also attrib. with huikis, = Wedehuke n. b or ? an altered form of this. — 1663–6 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp MS 28.
To hir ladyship to give vydsteris in the ȝaird 1691 Foulis Acc. Bk. 136.
To the weiders in the yard to drink —attrib. 1460 Hay Alex. 14224.
Feyndis clekand with thare ewill clukis And watand vther with thare widder huikis
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