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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quherein, Quherin, rel. adv. Also: wher-in. [e.m.E. and ME wherin (c1400), qwere-in (c1460), wer-in (c1400), werynne (Trevisa), hwerin (c1230).] = Quhar(e)in B.(1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1065 (C).
That scho suld be sleyn One the sepultur wher-in wes Hys fader buryed c1520-c1535 Nisbet I 1.
Quherin 1568 Anderson Collect. Mary IV ii 166.
In the … laich chalmir quherin sche lay … tua nytis 1657 Balfour Ann. II 72.
Ouer that terrestrial circkell quherin layes Noua Guinea [etc.] 1692 Caldwell P. I 93.
Quherin boyl a handfull of earth wormes quhill they be leiklie(2) a1578 Pitsc. I 104/24.
The kingis clemencie quherin he had placeit his haill hope 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 142.
A certain dett, quherin thou was adettit to him 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 63.
Quherein, gif he is victorious, he and his clerk sall be essolȝied fra the clame of the persewer c1616 Hume Orthog. 20.
Lykwayes we sould keep the vouales of the original, quherin the north warres the south 1628 Aberd. Council Lett. I 293.
Quherin now I … sall be loith that ye sall have … occasione to wis tham in wors conditione a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 157.
To the lyfrent of the lands quherin his wassall rebell may be infeft