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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SELLARIE, n. Also sellary, sailary (Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 161). Sc. form of Eng. salary. [The pronunciation ′sɛləre is still occas. heard.]Sc. 1701 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1908) 332:
The said one hundredth pounds of yearly sellarie, quarterly, commensing frae Lambmes last.Ags. 1729 J. C. Jessop Education in Angus (1931) 219:
To pay in to Katherine Spence Late Schoolmistress the Bygon rests of her yearly Sellary.Wgt. 1749 Session Bk. Glasserton MS. (18 June):
The Session clerk is payed of a years sellary.