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1. Inks n. pl.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1899
   .) 331: Eighty acres . . . consisted of a rich sea marsh, or inks , as we call them here, almost a true level, . . . about 4 or 5 acres, . . . 16 inches lower, being a younger marsh, and nothing but. Advertiser (27 July): Extent 240 acres or thereby of carse land of excellent quality, together with a very 
2. Pennyland n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1729-1952
   acres and grass of one pennyland or £42 Scots rent. Ork. 1760 Session Papers, Petition J. Morton. The penny land is generally allowed to contain eight acres, consequently a farthing is two acres, and would [in 1884] be likely found to contain about 8 or 9 acres. As a rule the townships nearest the seaboard have the fewest acres, viz., 4 acres to 1d. land. Ork. 1923 Sc. Hist. Review XX. 20 
3. Husbandland n.[1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1702-1846
   been equal to two bovates, or ox-gangs, nominally about 26 acres, but it was no doubt linked to the consist of about 100 acres. Edb. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 I. 9: There belonged to the vicarage of; but which was estimated long ago in the Merse, as 'twenty-six acres where plow and scythe may gang 
4. Contigue adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1702-1780
   consist of about 128 Scots acres lying all quite contingue. Gsw. 1702 Gsw. Records (Burgh Recs 
5. Unfeued adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1819-1871
   .: Half-a-dozen acres of the unfeued land. [O.Sc. onefewit , id., c .1480.] 
6. Boons n. pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1910-1922
   : 'Boons' means acres or land. 'Ye've mair boons nor his.' Abd. 1922 Weekly Free Press (4 Feb.) 2 
7. Stuck-run-ways adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1794
   , with all its evils, is yet retained, a mixed farm of little more than a hundred acres, is sub-divided 
8. Paffle n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1901
   . Smith Strathblane (1886) 66: The Lurg poffle and 2½ acres of the other third of Edenkill. Lnk small Poffle of Land consisting of two or three Acres, lying near the Village of Ecclefechan . Dmb which are above 30 acres each. . . . Some of the small farmers or pafflers are at times employed with 
9. Freedom n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1752-1821
   freedom , consisting of four or five acres of croft land for each family; with the privilege of feeding about four acres of arable land. 
10. Loggage n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1729
    the richer? That as many, yea more Acres about that Estate, as good Soil in its Nature, yea many 
11. Acre n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1931
    ll. 201–202: A country fellow at the pleugh, His acres till'd, he's right eneugh. 2 . As a Stat. Acc. 2 II. 233: Almost every householder along with his house, rents from one to two acres of: The fields, known by the neighbours as 'the acres'. [From O.E. æcer , field, tilled land. Cf 
12. Davach n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1726-1808
    of 13 acres each, or 416 acres of arable land. [ Davach , davoch , dauch , etc., a measure of 
13. Haurdly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1952-2000
    . ... ' Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 56: Look at it on the map: Gin meisurement by acres 
14. Baggie n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1894-1932
    acres or thereby o' aits, an' a wheen baggies, an' twa-three rows o' tatties. Hdg. 2 1914 : A 
15. Burgh n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1934
    shyre and borrow at his prescription. 3 . Phrases and combs.: (1) borough-acres , a piece of land belonging to a borough. These are also called burgess-acres (Bwk. 1776 Session Papers , Wilkieson v Farmer  247:  It [good marl] improves the weakest ground to equal the best borough-acres. Wgt. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 IV. 2: Smaller proprietors who posses portions of land called borough-acres, consisting of about six English acres of the most inferior sort of land in the crofts and borrowdales of 
16. Outfield n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1705-1980
    600 Scots acres, of which nearly 240 acres are outfield lands; the other 360 acres are all arable, and 
17. Fey v.2, n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1949
    .) 3: The burgesses of Lauder . . . have what is called the croft-lands or burgesses-acres, and what is called the feelands which are understood as pertinents of these burgess-acres. These feeland parts 
18. Cot n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1918
    : Small tenants . . . in the village of Roxburgh are called cotlanders , possessing . . . about two acres  (14 July):  The Cottown of Stravithy, containing 140 acres, or thereby. Fif. 1905 'S. Tytler 
19. Aurea n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1824-1962
    rows of houses, with a public green of 15 acres — the orry — between. Clc. 1 1914 : 'The 
20. Ure n.4[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1927
    extent, comprising any amount of land from three-quarters of an acre to fourteen acres. Two or three acres may be considered a fair average. Each merk is divided into eight ures or ounces. Ork. 1927 
21. Pleuch n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1991
    acres, but the 1795 quot. makes it only one eighth of the orig. ploughgate of 104 acres. In 1736 quot a plough, pulled by 8 oxen, could till in a year, calculated to be 104 Scots acres but varying greatly under circumstances not fully understood (Jam. gives as 40 Scots acres in 1825), partly phs defined by an early Act of Parliament as 104 acres, but varying considerably in extent in later times. See tenants, is about 141½, — reckoning 13 acres of arable land to each plough-gang . Ork. 1805 G necessary on a farm of fifty or sixty acres, or one ploughgate. m.Lth. 1793 G. Robertson Agric. m.Lth. 42: The assessment is laid on by the ploughgate, which in some cases is estimated at 45 acres sixty acres Scotch . . . should be taken as a plough-gate. Sc. 1934 I. F. Grant Econ. Hist. 1944 P.S.A.S. LXXVIII. 49: A more suitable definition of the ploughgate of 104 acres would be that Rent 6: I will suppose that one ploughland, or sixty Scots acres, is too small. Inv. 1795 
22. Cas Crom n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1927-1985
    ten acres of arable land each and the use of horses without any augmentation of the rent. [From 
23. Stripe n.1[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1741-1903
    . Strip , n . 1 , 3 . Fif. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XI. 362: 60 acres of planting, consisting, in a 
24. Portioner n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1708-1946
    from one to six acres of land. There are about 60 of these small proprietors of land within the borough IX. 64: The remainder of the parish, amounting to 24 imperial acres, is shared among twenty smaller 
25. Outrun n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1716-1963
    . Ork. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman xxix.: Twenty-five acres of arable, and a small bit of.): Croft extends to 2 acres 35 poles arable, 32 poles outrun, together with share in the common grazing 
26. Aller n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1747-1923
    likewise to be exposed to Sale . . . the Houses, Yards, Allerbog and Acres of Land in Causey-end of Coupar 
27. Cottery n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1775-1835
    of his estate, into cottaries of two acres arable. Ork. 1775 J. Fea Present State  (1884 
28. Merse n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1722-1957
    acres, 1 rood, and 18 falls, of arable land, and 33 acres, 2 roods, and 10 falls, of merse ground 
29. Particate n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1715-1864
    Newhaven with the whole houses, acres, and particatts of land belonging thereto. Inv. 1749 Trans 
30. Merk n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1701-1952
    abandoned when estates were surveyed and measured in acres. 3 . An I.Sc. division of land, being the acres. Every merk again consists of so much arable ground, and of another part which is only fit for pasturage, but the arable part alone varies in extent from less than one to two acres. Sh. 1821 fourteen acres. Two or three acres may be considered a fair average. Each merk is divided into eight ures 
31. Effeir v.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1700-1951
    approximately 31 acres. 2 . Impers. intr. use in Sc. law = to appertain, to fall by right: now obs. exc 
32. Moray n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1798-1949
    , this is termed Moray coste . Rs. 1841 Trans. Highl. Soc. 242: 24 acres of red coloured sand 
33. Torie n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1735-1994
    . Abd. 1773 Sc. Farmer I. 608: Many acres of corn in Banff and Aberdeen shires have been this 
34. Tenement n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1992
    1912 quot.). Ayr. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 IX. 369: Six acres of land was the share which fell to lands', extending to 280 Scots acres, equally amongst forty beneficiaries, who were henceforth termed 
35. Pleasance n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1707-1951
    in Falkirk. Sc. 1707 Edb. Ev. Courant (30 July–1 Aug.): Two Acres and a Half of Land with 
36. Burgage n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1934
    acres. Bnff. 1870 Bnffsh. Jnl. (15 March) 7: Abolition of feudal and burgage tenure in 
37. Swaird n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1729-1964
    , 64: As many, yea more Acres about that Estate, as good soil in its Nature, yea many better, have 
38. Haugh n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-2000
    . Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Letter iv.: A haugh , or holm, of two acres, which a brook of Scots acres, of a rich soil, mostly haughing ground, pleasantly situated on the banks of the Clyde 
39. Infield n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1760-1986
    acres, but in point of quality the same do consist of two distinct or separate divisions, the one what 
40. Intoun n., adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1718-1956
    from 1 to 30 acres of boll sowings, each occupier having a proportion of intown pasture. Abd 
41. Seg n.1, v.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-1992
    Quarterly Jnl. Agric. III. 85: The driest end (about two acres) of a field of seven acres, which sloped 
42. Latch v., n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1866-2003
    18 Jan 13: We were a bit latchie at harvest time last year, and this week we still had 40 acres 
43. Skelp n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1829-2003
    leave Sir Tim with around 20,000 acres which is still a fair skelp of land. (3) esp. of ground: a 
44. Meedow n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1809-1898
    Lauderdale, including some arable patches, . . . 99,870 acres”. It may be proper to remark that the term 
45. Aiblins adv.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1721-1998
    Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 14: It's aiblins daft, this ploiter o pursuit owre bitter acres whaur 
46. Bluiter n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1793-2000
    three acres and a coo'll end like the rest o' Willie's cantrips in a blitter o' reek. (2) 'A rumbling 
47. Hypothec n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1703-1956
    hypothec for the rent of land . . . exceeding two acres . . . let for agriculture or pasture, shall cease 
48. Ling n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1928
    .: Half a dozen mountains, and a few thousand acres of the worst moss and ling in Scotland. Slk 
49. Claught v., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1923
    : I'd seek nae tocher wi' my bride, Save what kind nature gae her; Nae claughts o' gear, nae acres wide 
50. Clay n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1820-1956
    Chron. (16 June) 241/1: To be let . . . from five to six acres of Ground in the Clay-half of Montrose 
51. Saw v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1712-1992
    .) 281: About 30 Acres sown off last Spring with Clover and Rygrass seeds. Gall. 1810 S. Smith March): About Five Acres of the Nursery, sown down with the White Crop of last year. m.Lth. 1897 
52. Croft n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1718-2000
    manure were unknown, except on a few acres of what is called croft-land , which was never out of crop 
53. Ruit n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-2000
    . 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 19: A field of 25 acres of excellent Swedes was pulled, rooted 
54. Lot n., v.[1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-2002
    or freedom , containing about four acres of arable land. Rs. 1884 Crofters' Comm. Report 
55. Mains n. pl.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1708-1955
    . e.Lth. 1819 Edb. Ev. Courant (19 July) 1: Long Newton contains about 600 Scots acres. . . . There 
56. Policy n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1712-2003
    . Rxb. 1778 Session Papers, Memorial W. Dickson (26 Feb.) 31: 155 acres of land or thereby 
57. Slump n.1, v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1719-1946
    R. Reid Old Glasgow 35: Here nothing is said about square yards . . .; but half-acres, or 
58. Stook n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2004
    . e.Lth. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 162: Acres o' corn afore it's in stook! Fif. 1909 said it had taken seven years of hard trauchle to bring in the acres and it seemed it had been too much 
59. Cavel n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1917
    or the shade, i.e . by the east or the west, the Sheriff sets off the two first acres for the heir 
60. Oor n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-2000
    the acres o starns in the bricht silent alaneness o that 'oor and say nocht, Sc. 1990 David 
61. Pibroch n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1718-2002
    and a Few Acres of Snow 155: Gordon remembered, as a boy, the mournful majesty of his father pacing 
62. Siclike adj., pron., adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1961
    . 1759 Edb. Chronicle (17 May): And siclike an Inclosure of about two acres of ground, lying to the 
63. Feu n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1700-1951
    lands, originally let in small feu acres. Bnff. 1888 Trans. Bnff. Field Club 28: In the publick roup. Sc. 1784 A. Wight Husbandry III. 587: He feued from the town 150 acres. Edb 
64. Inpit v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1704-1958
    Bolls input. Dmf. 1788 Dmf. Weekly Jnl. (1 Jan.): The input cropt of forty acres of land, all 
65. Ox n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1712-1954
    husbandland of 26 Scots acres. 5 . Bnff. 1712 V. Gaffney Lordship Strathavon (S.C.) 197: James 
66. Shillin n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1715-2004
    the Old Extent , in 1585 fixed at the fortieth part of a Ploughgate , or 2.6 Scots acres. A forty 
67. Sture adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1723-1954
    blaw snell Owre acres stare As Winter's sel'. 4 . Of a sound, of the voice, etc.: deep and hoarse 
68. Kip n.1, v.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]<1700-1960
    founder with the church lands of Pentland, four acres of meadow near that town, with the kips, and eight 
69. Maybe adv., n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-2000
    there muckle o't, John?' 'Maybes foure acres.' m.Sc. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps vi 
70. Furr n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1714-1950
    Lan'wart Loon 25: The cotters' acres, an' afiel' In uplan' fur' or woody biel'. Tyr. 1929 “M' o' kintra stir, Wi' acres braid o' rig and fur. Fif. 1895 “S. Tytler” Kincaid's Widow i 
71. Hog n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1701-1956
    . 1761 Caled. Mercury (24 Aug.): The Farm of Crunzean . . . containing about 700 acres, mostly: Hundreds of acres are now let for hogging black-faces off the Grampians. 2 . In Curling : to play a 
72. Ell n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1704-1950
    I. 196: The extent of the glebe is 10 acres, 3 roods, 17 falls, 4 ells, Scotch measure. 2 
73. Yokin vbl. n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1704-1972
    invented two Wheeled Ploughs . . . its ordinary Work in the Spring being an Acre at a Yoking, or two Acres 
74. There adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2002
    , FINSTOWN EXTENDING TO 9.3 ACRES OR THEREBY. Ork. 2000 Orcadian 18 May 6: 4-BEDROOMED described in the Purchase Agreement as 'thirteen acres or thereby'. (8) Sc. 1709 Compend of 
75. Pendicle n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1701-1965
    generally tradesmen, and hold a few acres of a proprietor. Per. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Per. 65 
76. Soum n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1707-1963
    (2 Sept.): Croft extends to 2 acres 35 poles arable, 32 poles outrun, together with share in the 
77. Syver n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2000
    ? No. Do I miss the embarrassment of having acres of fallen blossom stop up all the sivers in the 
78. Brither n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1736-1997
    we'd stop on the wye owre and look up at the acres o starns in the bricht silent alaneness o that 'oor 
79. Craig n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1700-1988
    . 1 XIV. 634: The stipend consists of 24 bolls of barley . . . with a glebe of about 4 acres of 
80. Place n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1713-2003
    Home Farm, contains about 200 acres. Dmb. 1863 St. Andrews Gazette (19 Dec.): The front seat 
81. Whin n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1728-1971
    thirty acres of land are all whin bouls. (5) Gsw. 1728 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 294: The 
82. Hill n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1997
    , 186: Four hundred and fifty-seven crofters have at present by this calculation 140 acres each Lauder] is laid off into what is called “hill-parts,” and cultivated by the proprietors of burgess-acres. Journal (22 Aug.): Some hundred of acres of uncultivate ground, of a fine natural mould and bottom, and 
83. Bonny adj., adv., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2000
    acres turned him quite a bonny penny. (3) Sc. 1821 Scott Pirate (1822) xviii.: For she 
84. Monie adj., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1720-1996
    . 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 56: Look at it on the map: Gin meisurement by acres were aa 
85. Stent n.3, v.3[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
    ]. m.Lth. 1781 Caled. Mercury (25 Aug.): These Fifteen Acres of Arable Land . . . together with the 
86. Lea n.1, adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]<1700-1955
    , consisting of about Fifty-four Scots Acres, are in good Heart, having been only once cropt, after Six Years. 1726 Edb. Ev. Courant (4 July): A Park about 11 or 12 Acres Ground … in which there is a very good 
87. Ferm n.1, v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-2000
    Lykewake 10: A farm-steid fu' o' kintra stir, Wi' acres braid o' rig and fur. (9) Per. 1799 J 
88. Ruch adj., adv., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-1998
    . . 156.57 acres, Rough . . .73 acres. (2) The rough ground at the edge of a golfcourse. Now St. Eng. Sc 
89. Flee v.1, n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1991
    Stack of old Hay and a fleeing Crop of about four Acres Ground. (8) Bnff. 1924 Scots Mag 
90. Gaw n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]<1700-1954
    . 330: The field of nine acres entirely moss, and in some parts above three feet deep, excepting a few 
91. Hallan n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]<1700-1950
    . 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 133: Tho I were Laird of Tenscore Acres, Nodding to Jouks of 
92. Mett n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1991
    causes one Oswald, a sworn metster measure it, who reported it to be 46 acres, 2 roods and 13 falls 
93. Peerie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1868-1993
    holding farms from 10 to 50 acres. (13)   Sh. 1992 Bobby Tulloch A Guide to Shetland's Breeding 
94. Plowter v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1806-1996
    acres whaur the braith micht freeze, ... 2 . A splash, dashing of liquid, plash (Sh., Ags. 1966); a 
95. Ruid n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1703-1957
    Caledonia III. 200: A tract of more than six-and-twenty Scottish acres still bears the name of the 
96. Tirr v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1998
    : Having a sand pit, extending to ten acres, filled in and the 'tirr' or top soil restored, a few years ago 
97. Sheuch n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2004
    ” about 5 acres a day. wm.Sc. 1957 Bulletin (2 March): Roses, which arrived from the nursery in 
98. Coo n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2000
    end o't. (21) Abd. 1960 Stat. Acc. 3 314: Many holdings under 10 acres being formed as 
99. Link n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1960
    500 acres unavailable for cultivation. m.Sc. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-Nine Steps iii.: The 
100. Tramp v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1710-1970
     -coil. Abd. 1955 Buchan Observer (19 July): 6 acres Hay, in tramp cole, at New Pitsligo 
101. Winter n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2004
     .(5) (xvii) (Ayr. 1974). (1) Sh. 1959 New Shetlander No. 51. 8: They'd seven acres with 
102. Rig n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-1999
     : Acres braid o' rig and fur. Ags. 1883 Brechin Advertiser (27 Feb.) 3: Rigg an' fur stockens Lands at Falkland . . . viz, — about 3 acres, 3 roods, 38 falls, and 859 decimal parts, imperial measure 
103. Grue v.1, n.1, adj.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-2001
     6 Jan 13: At one extreme, they're forcing tepid porridge such as Two Thousand Acres of Sky and 
104. Hag v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1999
     that time a hag of nearly 30 acres can be cut down every year continually. (2) Ground enclosed for 
105. Mail n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1948
     Mailler or Cottar, of the Name of Calder , of an Opening, consisting of a very few Acres of Moor-ground 
106. Whin n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-2004
     the land, the smaller the farms; and the quality of the land here can be judged by the acres of whin 
107. Wuid n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1722-2000
     wooding of two acres of ground as a Close Plantation. Dmb. 1846 W. Cross Disruption xxxii 
108. Scots adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2005
     (i) Scots acre , an area of 5760 sq. ells, 6084.44 sq. yards imperial or approx. 1.26 imperial acres. Gardiner 408: Such a Garden should not be less than three Scots Acres. Abd. 1781 Aberdeen Jnl Edb. Advertiser (16 May) 312: These lands consist of about 412 Scots acres, or 523 English. Sc 
109. Teind n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1701-1962
     . Grierson Delineations St Andrews (1838) 112: The lnd called the Prior Acres is now in the hands of. Grierson Delineations St Andrews (1838) 107: Conveying in the teind-sheaves from the prior-acres 
110. For prep., conj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-1999
     ,' said little Elsie, . . . 'eh, for whaten a lee.' Sh. 1928 Manson's Shet. Almanac 187: Acres 
111. Shot n.1, v., interj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-2005
     eighteen Acres in all. Rxb. 1778 Session Papers, Memorial W. Dickson (26 Feb.) 5: The said shot 
112. Trauchle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1753-2000
     White Stoor 13: Isa said it had taken seven years of hard trauchle to bring in the acres and it 
113. Lay v., n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2003
     Sclaited House with Five Acres and a half of Land, laying at the Gallow-Green near the Gibbet. As also two Acres and a Half of Land with Houses, Barns and Barnyards lying at the back of the Crackling House near 
114. Moss n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1703-1988
     . 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XV. 486: Mr Napier of Blackstone has planted about 15 acres of moss bent, that: The Solway-flow contains 1300 acres of very deep and tender moss. Sc. 1805 W. Aiton Moss 
115. Bonnet n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-2005
     forty or sixty acres in the natural state and at a nominal rent, their lease being two nineteens [of 
116. Jouk v., n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2000
     Poems (S.T.S.) I. 133: Tho I were Laird of Tenscore Acres, Nodding to Jouks of Hallenshakers. Abd 
117. Pease n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1700-1988
     . 1765 Session Papers, MacRae v. MacFarlane State of Process 17: There is about 4 acres in bear 
118. Raik v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1710-1988
     about 509 English acres, part arable and part stock-rake. s.Sc. 1799 Edb. Weekly Jnl. (15 May 
119. Wirk v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2004
     kind of folk who vrocht the grudging acres of Buchan. Sc. 1991 T. S. Law in Tom Hubbard The 
120. Ower prep., adv., adj., v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1999
     Richt Noise 54: Whiles we'd stop on the wye owre and look up at the acres o starns in the bricht 
121. Saut n., adj., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1709-2004
     acquisition of 50 acres, Mr. Erskine of Mar began a new bank or wall. (7) Abd. 1924 M. Angus 
122. Wey n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-2005
     Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 54: Whiles we'd stop on the wye owre and look up at the acres o 
123. Laich adj., adv., n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
     : 80 acres are Old Infield, and of the first quality of dry rich laighs. Sc. 1869 J. C. Morton 
124. Horse n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
     acres. ( b ) Sc. 1807 Farmer's Mag. (Aug.) 272: Your correspondent's threshing mill is 
125. Kirk n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2004
     of 11 acres of land, called Kirk land , amounting annually to about £25 Sterling. Edb. 1845 five acres. Abd. 1853 W. Cadenhead Bon-Accord 227: And there it [a rock] sits in the kirk 
126. Fa v., n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2005
     collective pl. fa is frequent. Ayr. 1756 Burns MS. (Alloway Mus.): All and whole these seven Acres 
127. Rive v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2004
     earth. Abd. 1950 Buchan Observer (24 Jan.): Our ancestors who 'reeve in' broad acres of 
128. Sea n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2004
     . Ags. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 XI. 119: Thirty acres have of late been regained from the sea-green 
129. Land n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1960
     than 50 acres or annual rental of £50; (14) land-ill , some disease, ? ague, epilepsy; (15) land 
130. Half n., adj., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2004
     . 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 IX. 64: The remainder of the parish, amounting to 24 imperial acres, is shared 
131. White adj., n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-2004
     . 1800 Edb. Advertiser (16 May) 306: The Farm of Stobswood, consisting of about 1300 English acres 
132. Toun n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2004
     Stat. Acc. 1 XIV. 132: In one town of land, as it is called, consisting of about 60 acres, and with 
133. Tak v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
     coo's maet. Abd. 1959 Huntly Express (20 Nov.) 2: Robert McIntosh, 'took' thirty-eight acres 

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1. Cote- n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1606-1672
   . — 1606 Melrose R. Rec. I. 7. Sax acres toun land and sax acres of coit yard land 1672 Ib. II. 319. Two acres of land … with the coatyeards 
2. Unwood n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1659
   Unwood , n . [ Wod(e n .] Unwooded land. — 1659 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 248. [Two acres of 
3. Transmitable adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1663
   passed on or transferred, = Transmissible adj . — 1663 Decis. Lords G. 67. Burgesses acres 
4. Quarrel-heuch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1608-1637
   . Querrel-heuchis 1637 Peebles Gleanings 339. In 4 acres of land of Arnotshauch, with pece of 
5. Stayrig n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1591
   the auld bounds of the said acres 
6. ȝerdland n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1496
   most freq. 30 acres’ (OED, s.v. Yard n. 10 a).] An area of land of indeterminate extent. — 1496 
7. Reed n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1692
   Aberdeen, etc.] ther cess is payd by taxatione on ther inhabitants of the burgh, borrow reeds, and acres 
8. Pleuchland n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0]1392-1679
   being tilled by one plough-team of eight oxen in the year’ (OED.) (approx. = 120 acres), f. Pleuch n Plewland n .] A ploughland, equivalent to eight oxgangs or (more or less) 104 acres: see Oxgang n 
9. Alangis prep.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1505-1617
   ), e.m.E. alongst , extended form of along .] Along. 1505 Lennox Mun. 172. The quhilk [acres] sal 
10. Segy adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]<1375-1699
    c 1318 Laing Chart. 8. [Two acres at] Seggywellisheuid 1466 Acts Lords Auditors 6/1 
11. Snuk n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1375-1475
    MSS 249. Four acres of land in the Snook of Berwick c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace 
12. Plat n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0]1589-1684
    were assigned] plats [of 12000 acres each in the neighbourhood of Port Royal] 
13. Coatland n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]<1375-1666
    Council 118/2. Of ilk coitland in the ȝere iij caponis 1566 Reg. Soltre 129. The acres 
14. Tounland n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1509-1696
    1606 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 7. The lands of Newsteid … conteinand sax acres toun land and sax acres of 
15. Immediat adj.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1420-1645
    … til Wil Mason 1545 Chart. Coupar A. II. 196. Tuay [acres of land] lyand upoune the west 
16. Mukit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1510-1699
    mett for muckitt land, in toto 12 acras 1661 Dunkeld Presb. I. 295. 5 acres of his best 
17. Jelous v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1666-1700+
    80,000 acres there 1689 Leven & Melv. P. 248. He is so much jealous'd and hated by all 
18. Strinde n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1699
    acres, and the said half acre, lie between a] rynnand strynd [on the east] 1493 Antiq. Aberd 
19. Pound-land n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1596-1699
    Paterson Sc. Arithm. 6. 13 acres [are in] an oxengate, 4 oxengate a pound land b . 1652 
20. Red ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1459-1693
    mykyl quyt land 1517 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 44. [3 acres of land lying upon] the red feld 1591 Old Dundee I 242. Occupiers of the acres … to lay over the red ley riven out be them 
21. Accress v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1535-1681
    Burel Pilgr. xxxiv. Bot ay the tempest did acres And na wais lykin to grow les 1643 Bamff 
22. Famell adj., n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1609
    famell his predecessour 1586 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 467. The said acres to be tailyeitt to the 
23. Infeild n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1473-1672
    fyftein [acres] and of outside called the Mure above sax score aikers 1669 Salmon 
24. Mettar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1454-1670
    expens maid on ws and the mettaris 1650 Dunkeld Presb. I. 272. [Three acres of land … measured 
25. Lot n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1696
    Insh Colonial Schemes 237. 1000 acres for the city of Perth, divided into 99 lotts, 9 acres to a 
26. Husband-land n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]<1375-1666
    to two oxgangs or (normally) twenty-six acres. c 1290 Liber Calchou 461. [Habent villam de 
27. Hauch n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1688
    . Cupar A. I. 260. Tua [acres] tane out of the est end of the Kemphil haucht 1546 Fam. Innes 
28. Lykin v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1597
    the tempest did acres, And na wais lykin to grow les, Bot rather to be mair 1596–7 Cal. Sc. P 
29. Oxgang n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]<1375-1663
    less) equivalent to 13 acres. The extent of land calculated as the share of one ox in the land ploughed 
30. Occupyar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1456-1672
    acres] quhairof the occupiaris is nocht weill knawin 1609 Argyll Rentals 9 Oct. Donald 
31. Mettag n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1699
    over-running of the mettage of the acres 4 . The office or duty of an officially authorised or 
32. Sike n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1690
    . IV 108. Eight acres … bounded by the syke of Robert Broun on the north and Failford Manis on the 
33. Outset n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1509-1692
    1566 Reg. Soltre 129. The acres ruidis and outsettis and coitlandis of the said mainis 1568 
34. Telin vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1475-1699
    . Payment of my acres teland this yeir ( b ) 1503–4 Acts (1597) i 97. That na schireffe nor 
35. Land-mal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1502-1700+
    2 . In Lanark: The rent paid by the tenants of the burgh's common lands or ‘burgh acres 
36. Non-entre n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1478-1682
    acres] 1600 Boyd Fam. P. No. 89 (9 Feb.). I … grantis me to haif ressauit … compleit payment 
37. Outfeild n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1542-1699
    discontiguously in Eastfield quarter, extending to six acres of land 1631 Auchtermuchty Chart. 26. All 
38. Pertinent n., adj.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1405-1698
    of the said two acres (2) a1578 Pitsc. II. 106/17. France wald desyre ws and our realme to 
39. Plenis v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1457-1681
    Sir Alexander Gaw (S.R.S.) 8. [Two acres of land] plenist with seid and cattell to teyl thaim wyth 
40. Tailȝe v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1375-1667
    landis beand talyeit to his airis maill 1586 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 467. The said acres to be 
41. Rin-rig n., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1437-1700+
    154. Protocol Book of Sir William Corbet 10. [Two acres] rynrig cum the 1 akyr, the ta end lyand 
42. Tele v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1699
    Protocol Book of Sir Alexander Gaw 3. [Two acres of land] plenist with seid and cattell to teyl thaim 
43. Pek n.1[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1420-1700+
    [building a school] a piece of land not exceeding a peckland or 3 acres; 1762 Forfeited Estate Papers 
44. Lone n.1[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1407-1700+
    . [5 acres of his best mucket land lying] bewest the loune [above the town of Tibbermore] ( e 
45. Tol n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1697
    with the houses, tofts, acres] lie riggis, assyse aill et thole of the same 1633 Retours I 
46. Rig n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1699
    . 626. That the discontiguity could not … make the rigg cease to be a pertinent of the said two acres salbe dykit 1690 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 31. The riggs roods tenements acres and gardens 
47. Societe n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1490-1696
    the Convent of Catherine of Siena and known as ‘Sciennes Acres’ ( Bk. Old Edinb. C. X 146.). Also 
48. Tend adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    being payed for the first nyntine yeirs in to come e . Teind acres , -land , -know , land (St. A.) App. 208. In place of the victual they should have had of the teind-acres … that the New 
49. Mure n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
    1641 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I. 282. Off infeild nynscore fyftein [acres], and of outside called the mure 
50. Properte n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
    . 172. The quhilk [acres] sal be … layd to and allangis the said Lord Erskynnis propirte 1511 
51. Standar n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    acres; the land-holding itself. 1668 Kirkintilloch B. Ct. 15. Johne Calder stander 1669 
52. Sesin n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1693
    27 acres of land (1) 1459 Exchequer Rolls VI 516. Pro uno bove dicto sesing ox, dato 
53. Part n., adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    euerie pairt thre acres 1590 Reg. Great S. 810/2. To wyn fewall faill and dovat in the commoun cease to be a pertinent of the said two acres … albeit it might thereby appear not to be a part thereof 
54. Mar adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    reuerence 1590 Burel Pilgr. i . xxxiv. Bot ay the tempest did acres, And na wais lykin to grow 
55. Rif v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700
    615. The Moor of Dunnikeir … he might rive out and labour three acres thereof for his own use 
56. Richt n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700
    with rights to bought land, except he get also the ridges and acres … to carry home with him 
57. Sted n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1697
    12… Liber Melros in Origines Parochiales I 424. [And above] Selestede Ade [two acres and a half 
58. Lay v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    [acres] sal be … layd to and allangis the said Lord Erskynnis propirte 1584–5 Rec. Earld. Orkney 

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