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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1659-1662
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(Schere,) Sheir, n.3 [? 17th c. Eng. sheare (1614) a sheep which has been shorn (a particular number of times); Scher(e v. or ? erron. for S(c)hep(e n.] — 1659 Stitchill Baron Ct. 16.
Al beasts heirafter found … without a hird on the corne shall pay, ilke nolt, or horse two shillings Scots and ilke sheir without a hird 4 d. for ilke fault 1662 Ib. 25.
Judicially decerned to pay … for eaten corne aughteen shillings Scots for ilke 20 sheir of a hundred and forty sheir … conform to the number of their sheir
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