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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dry ware, Drywair, n. Also: war(re, vare, waire, vair. [Dry a., used in contrast to ‘wet’ = liquid.]

1. Such goods or articles of merchandise as were commonly packed in barrels for transport by sea. Also pl., and attrib. with geir, gudis, kettell. 1546 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 120.
That na nychtbour … pas to Leyth and caus ony strayngers strik vp ony dry wair guids or to brek bowk thairof
1548 Ib. 132.
Commandand him to bring vp his haill guidis, dry wairis, and all vther staipill guidis to this burgh
1581 Edinb. Test. X. 185 b.
Of dry wair geir that come out of Flanderis
1596 Ib. XXIX. 322.
Nyne pvnscheounes of dryvairis
1613 Conv. Burghs II. 396.
For lossing and caryeing ilk gritt quhyte pype of drywair geir frome the skoute flote to the ship
1614 Dundee Shipping L. 245.
Foure pwnscones drywaris, being Inglis irene, and aucht sekis of hemp
1681 Blackness Customs MS. 20 b.
Four hundretht & fyftie pund of dry warre kettells

b. Attrib. with barrel, hogheid, pipe, punscheoun, stand, tre. 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 348.
For tua dry wair pipes to pak the brynt arres claith grathing and tursing of thaim to Leith
1540 Ib. VII. 393.
For ane dryware pype to pak the sadillis into
1562 Will Agnes Betoun 225.
Item vj dry war standys and twa dry war barrilis
1566 Prot. Bk. T. Johnsoun 102.
Ane bowtyne fatt, ane laven trouch, twa drywair hogheidis
1591 Edinb. Test. XXII. 348 b.
In the buytht … ane dry wair stand
1591 Ib. XXIII. 87.
Tua last of dry war treis
1616 Dundee Shipping L. 280.
Tua drywair treis with ennet seids and sum kettillis
1648 Edinb. Test. LXIV. 27.
Twa dry wair punscheounes
1658 Melrose R. Rec. I. 185.
Ane dry waire stand

2. A dry-ware cask. 1541–2 Treas. Acc. VIII. 123.
Twa grete drywaris contenand fyfty pare of harnes
1581 Edinb. Test. IX. 87.
Ane pres almery and thrie drywaris
1586 Treas. Acc. MS. 53.
For thre dryvaris to set besyde his maiesties hors to keip corne, malt, & breid in
1594 Reg. Privy C. V. 196.
[1200] pece of fathoill wode, quhairof the grite pypis and drywairis ar maid
1606 Edinb. Test. XLII. 84 b.
Ane … litill kyst, … thrie dry waires
1624 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 394.
If the saidis buikis sall ly still in drywairis … , not only sall the most pairt of thame moch and conswme [etc.]
attrib. 1594 Edinb. Test. XXVII. 17.
Ane hundretht drywair scowis with certane vther brokin tymmer

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