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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1823
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SCHORE, n. Used in quot. below to mean a chieftain. The word was prob. adopted from Jam. from a passage in the 15th-c. Golagros and Gawane 340 (S.T.S. 12) “the schore chiftane”, where the meaning is uncertain and the text may be corrupt.Ayr. 1823 Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. iii.:
Braw words for a hieland schore, that bigs his bield wi' other folks gear!
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