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Serch, Sarge, n. Also: seirge, (schert). [Late ME seergh (1416-17), serch (c1429), MDu. sarc stone coffin, tombstone, stone trough, rock or stone, MLG sark(e, ser(c)ke, sarich, sarg coffin.] Stone cut for a particular architectural function, appar. associated with tabling and corbelling; also applied to the function. 1529 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 13.
xxx fuyttis sargis price of the fuyt iii d. 1529 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 14 (see Ornell n.).
Sargis 1531 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 64.
lx pece battilling tabill and sargis for furnysing of the stane werk of the roundis 1535–6 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 136.
xxxvi pece aslar for serchis 1535–6 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 137.
For tabill and serch … iii lib. x s. iiii d. 1535–6 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 137.
xxx pece dowble aslaris for serch and tabill 1639 Thanes of Cawdor 284.
Ane … squair crinell to be caseine out withe corbellis, seirges, and galconmowthis 1645 Mylne Master Masons 117.
To work and hew als many schertes rebits cornischis lintells and archatrie hewin upone thame … in guid and sufficient wark