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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LIZURE, n. Also lizur, lesure, lizzar. The selvage, or edge of a web or piece of cloth (Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS. XI. 317, lizur). [′li:ʒər]Rnf. c.1790 A. Wilson Works (1844) 196:
See how he spreads your lizures bare — Hech, but they're black and dreary.Rnf. 1805 G. McIndoe Poems 10:
The web, a blunk, wi' twa blue lizzars.