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War(e)stal(l, Wairstall, n. Also: warstell, warestaw, warstay(e, varstay, wastall, wairstull, wayrstall, vairstall, wairstaw, wairstau, vairsta, waurstaw, werstall, waistaw, waestaye. [War(e n.¹ and Stal(l n. 4.] A storage cupboard.(a) 1464 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V i 522 (5 Dec.).
He sall ramove out of the tenement and lefe behinde him in it a met almary and a wair stall in the buthe and a schryne and a cruke and all vthir thingis that ar nailefast 1499–1500 Acta Conc. II 404.
For the wrangus breking up of the wairstullis, kistis, cofferis and boxis … and withhalding fra hir furth of the sammyn of divers letters and evidentis pertenyng til hir 1508 Treas. Acc. IV 111.
For lokkis and bandis to the gret wair stallis in the kingis wardrob in Edinburgh 1529 Reg. Great S. 178/1.
A garnell price 40 s., a cloise wairstall of fir price 20 s. 1538 Aberd. B. Rec. MS XVI (Jam. s.v. Vairscall).
Ane fysche fat, a geill fat, a vairstall [pr. vairscall] 1542 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 574.
In exteriori cubiculo principalis. Ane gret wayrstall off aik, lockit and bandit(b) 1489–90 Acta Conc. I 129/1.
A warestall price xxvj s. viij d. 1540 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS XIII 199b.
Ane maik almery … ane warstall and pres 1563 Montgomery Mem. II 197.
Ane warstal [pr. warstat] with furnist lokis and bandis 1569 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 325.
The aireschip, gudis and geir underwrittin … ane saltfatt of tyne … ane warstell with lok and keyis … ane maskyn fatt(c) 1530 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. viii (Young v. Seytoun).
Warestaw 1533 Aberd. B. Rec. I 451.
Ane bukat, ane wavrstaw [pr. wavrscaw] 1570 Inverness Rec. I 194.
That wranguslie and aganis the law scho withhaldis and deteneis ane warstay quhilk sum tyme laye in the ravestri for keiping of the ornamentis … quhilk aucht and suld pertene to the towneschip of Innernis 1570 Inverness Rec. I 194.
Warstaye 1572 Elgin Rec. I 134.
The airschip guidis eftir following … to wit … ane varstay, ane almrie, ane metbuird [etc.](d) 1539 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. x.
Wair staw ?1555 Reg. Acts & Decr. in Lynd. IV 276.
Ane wairstaw of carvit werk 1561 Aberd. B. Rec. I 336.
Vairsta 1565 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 25a.
In the lauch chalmer … ane langsadill of aik with ane greit wairstaw of aik with ane small yrne chymnay thairin(e) 1577 Edinb. Test. V 221b.
Tua kistis … ane werstall 1550–8 Old Dundee II 243.
Ane bed, ane werstall, ane comptoir, and ane almerie(f) 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II 39.
Ane chimnay, ane waistaw, a schryne, ane chyrater [etc.] 1561 Inverness Rec. I 70.
Ane greit waestaye quhilk keipit the ornamentis of the kirk(g) 1634 Sc. N. & Q. IV 208.
Item ane great aiken wastall, banded & locked