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Quotation dates: 1751, 1912
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†LARY, n.1 The laurel, either bay-laurel or spurge-laurel.Sc. 1751 Scots Mag. (Aug.) 405:
A weaver in Culross being constipated in his belly, his wife administered to him a decoction of the leaves of the spurge laurel, commonly called lary.Wgt. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables 47:
An' monie times I hae won thanks an praise But noo I lay my laries at his feet!
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