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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hether, Heather, n. [Var. of Hedder, Hadder.] Heather. Also attrib. with cow, holme, pulling, spunge, stak.(1) 1566-70 Buch. Comm. Virgil Eclogue x. 13.
Myricae, heather
1584 Sat. P. xlv. 306.
Heather … Cutted off in the cruik of the moone
1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Hether, erica
1645 S. Leith Rec. 58.
Recomended to our pastor to speake the Ladie Pilrig for hether
1659 Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 212.
For cutting … the wood, brome and hether
(2) 1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. 260.
Ane hether stak
1619 Dundee B. Laws 348.
The maisters of the said beackhous and furnisherris of the hether stack therof
1627 Orkney Rentals iii. 46.
Ryssay Litle is an hether holme, without corne land thairin
a1651 Calderwood II. 198.
They fastened heather kowes to their steele bonnets
1636 Edinb. Test. LVIII. 18 b.
Ane litell hether spunge
1660 Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 266.
Ane dayes hether pulling

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