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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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†ALABAST-BEER, n. (See quot.)Sc. 1749 Lady Murray in Appendix 1830 ed. of Wodrow's Hist. Ch. Scot. IV. 508:
The best entertainment he could give them was a glass of alabast beer, which was a better kind of ale than common.