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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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March, Merch(e, v.² Also: mairch(e, mearch. [f. March n.² 3. Only Sc.] tr. To settle (and, usually, to mark with boundary markers) the boundary of (land etc.); also, to fix (and mark) (a boundary); also, to mark off (aff) with boundary-markers.Cf. also March v.¹ 2 b.For further examples, see the synonyms, esp. Methe v. and Carnit p.p.(1) 1450 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 151.
The north syd of the moor of Brechin perambulat and marched be the Sheriff of Forfar 1528 Cal. Charters Suppl.
Landis … quhilk war wnred and marchyt off befor 1573 Reg. Privy C. II. 313.
To have marchit, methit and designit the manse and … gleib … to thesaid minister 1577–8 Glasgow Chart. II. 559.
That ilk aiker thairof best obbit and marchit be the self 1587 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 157.
To march the debateable landis betuixt the landis of Slaynis and Cruden 1632 Inverness Presb. 25.
They went & measured & marched the gleib and grassing thereof 1653 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II.935.(b) 1474 Reg. Cupar A. I. 200.
Lattyn, oure landis of Tulyfergus … as tha war diuidit pairtit and merchit be the tenandis tham self 1493 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 212.
[To] abyd … quhatsumevir merchis and devisis of … pastur assygnit merchit and devidit be the saidis assisowris of perambulacione 1588 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 121. 1612 Orkney & Shetl. Ct. Bk. (ed.) 18.
To merch and meith ane twa merk land out of that last of the landis of Buay a 1700 Haigs of Bemersyde 476.
Wher ther lands stents upon my lands on that syd of the loch it is visiabbly merched with ston(c) 1607 Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 30.
Maircheit(d) 1675 Galloway P. Apr.
As the samyn [croft] is mearched & boundid to them(2) 1654 Glasgow Chart. II. 31.
According as the samyne shall be pottit, meithit and merchit aff frae the rest of … his landis