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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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CHEER, Cheir, Cheyre, Chyre, Chire, n. Sc. forms of St.Eng. chair. Known to Cai.⁷, Bnff.², Abd. and Fif. correspondents, Arg.¹, Lnk.³, Kcb.¹ 1939. [tʃi:r; tʃəir]Sc. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. iv.:
A suit o' gude bein comfortable dead claise, Tammes, . . . wad set ye better than aw the braw chyres an' carpets i' the toon.L.Bnff.(D) 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 37:
Great rottens ran aboot the fleers An' golochs crawled on a' the cheers.ne.Sc. 1996 Silvie Taylor in Sandy Stronach New Wirds: An Anthology of Winning Poems and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 46:
He threw anither cloggie on the fire an settled back in his cheer.ne.Sc. 1996 Lindsay Paterson in Sandy Stronach New Wirds: An Anthology of Winning Poems and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 16:
She sat in silence an rockit hersel back and fore in her mither's aul rockin cheir.Abd. 1891 T. Mair Arn and his Wife 15:
An' Ketty gaspit in a cheir, Astonished-like as yet.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 132:
I drew my cheyre in to the fire.Rxb. 1923 Kelso Chron. (26 Jan.) 2/7:
“Ye've been up — hoo did ye like it?” “Grand — like sittin' at hame in an easy chire.”

Phr.: to draw, pull, tack in one's chair (cheer) an' sit doun, to settle oneself in a position of ease or affluence provided by the efforts of others (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 189; Cai., Abd., Ags., Per. 1975). Abd. 1924:
He marriet a wife wi a house and plenty siller and aa he note dee was draw in his cheer and sit doun.