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(Scarisman,) Skarisman, Share(s)man, n. Also: (scayrmes). [Cf. 19th c. Eng. sharesman (1895); Scar(e n.1 2] a. In Wigtown, a shareholder in a venture. b. One who has a share of something; a partaker. = S(c)harer n. —a. 1518 Wigtown B. Ct. fol. 252b (see Scar(e n.1 2 (a)). 1525 Ib. 163b (see Scar(e n.1 2 (a)).
Scayrmes [erron. for scarismen] —b. 1635 Dickson Hebrews 14.
Hee is part-taker of flesh and blood, fellow-brethren, and coheyres, shares-men in all the Fathers goods with him 1640 Mure Counter-Buff 245.
Yea, though he should undo them, He's sharesman of the harme a1652 Dickson Psalms (1653) 308.
Sharemen and partakers of all that is given unto him
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