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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Heir(e, n.¹ [e.m.E. and late ME. heire, heyr (1483), var. of hear(e, here, OE. hǽr hair.] = Hair n.¹ 1 and 3.(1) 1570 Soc. Ant. VI. 52.
For heir to buis thair cleis and gargasis 1597 Bk. Rates 3.
Buttonis of threid or heir 1599 St. A. Kirk S. 910.
Cutting hir heir by the plattis out of hir heid 1600-1610 Melvill 82.
The man was … all rouche with heire 1603 Montgomery Mem. 247.
For ane plen pykit vyr, couerit vith heir, to ver on my head(2) 1620 Edinb. Test. L. 271.
Foure spyndill and ellevin heir of hardin ȝairne 1622 Ib. LI. 220 b. 1647 Ib. LXIII. 50.
Four spynnell and auchtene heir of lining ȝairne 1675 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. IV. 647.
Som yearne of about thriescor heires the pound