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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1738
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¶KEIR, n.2 A misreading for *keiv, Eng. keeve, the circular framework of stone or, as here metal, surrounding mill-stones.Gsw. 1738 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 496:
To William Doune, hammerman, £6 12s. Scots for laying the spinnel of the milln and an new milln keir.
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