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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1617-1623
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(Scharg,) Sharg, Scharge, adj. and n. [Gael. searg.] a. Shrivelled from infirmity; puny. b. A sickly child. — 1617 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. VIII 347.
Confesses he brocht ane sharg bairne sark to hir 1623 Criminal Trials II 538.
[She] askit help to hir bairne that wes ane scharge and scho send furth hir sone to gether fochsterrie leaweis quhairof scho directit the bairnes mother to mak a drink 1623 Ib.
Issobell Haldane … saw the bairne, said ‘it wes ane scharge taikin away, tuke on hand to cure it [etc.]’
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