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† werewall Sc. Obs.
Also 5 wer-, 6 weir-.
[f. were v. + wall n.]
A bulwark, rampart. In quots. fig.
c1450Holland Howlat 382 The armes of the Dowglass..Of Scotland the wer wall. 1533Bellenden Livy ii. xxii. (S.T.S.) I. 222 Þai war campit to be ane were-wall for defence of Veanis. 1536― Cron. Scot. xiv. viii. (1821) II. 383 The..surname of Dowglas, quhilkis war evir the sicker targe and weirwal of Scotland aganis Inglismen. |