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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fischer, Fyscher, n. Also: fescher(e. [ME. fyssher(e, fischer(e, etc., OE. fiscere. Cf. Fischar.] A fisherman. c 1320 Reg. Great S. (1814) 13/1.
[Totam terram de Fischer flat
1337 Rotuli Sc. 492/1.]
De quodam tenemento in Fishergate
1375 Barb. xix. 648.
As I herd tell this othir ȝer How a fox did vith a fischer [E. fyscher]
a1400 Leg. S. ii. 430.
The les [banis] … War the banis of the feschere
1515 Egerston Writs (Reg. H.).
All and haill half landis … exceptand the … fischeres housis and croft
1550 Dundee B. Laws 12.
Na fescher within this brugh nor ther servands
1596 Dalr. I. 40/19.
Afor xx ȝeirs was neuir seine that fisheris vset to frequent Loch Brune
1604 Dundonald Par. Rec. 60.
John Vidburn … confessit the violating of the former fast … by dynning with the fischeris
attrib. 1587 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 438.
The fischertown of Peterheid with portis, ancoragis, and fischeingis thairof
1697 Ib. IV. 135.
The houses and fishing village, fishertoune, port and shipping station

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