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landimere Obs. exc. Sc.|ˈlændɪmɪə(r)|
Also 9 landimar, lanimer.
[OE. landᵹemǽre, f. land land n.1 + ᵹe-mǽre boundary, mere.]
Boundary of land. Landimere's or Lanimer day, the day on which the annual perambulation of the boundaries is made in Lanarkshire and Aberdeen.
944in Earle Land Charters (1888) 178 Ðis sint þa land ᵹemæra & se embegang þara landa to baddan byriᵹ & to doddan forda & to eter dune. 1825–80Jamieson, Landimar,..2. A march or boundary of landed property, Aberd. To ride the Landimeres, to examine the marches, ibid., Lanarks... The day in which the procession is made is called Landimere's day. 1864Edin. Daily Rev. 11 June, Lanimer Day at Lanark. 1888Scott. Leader 16 May 5 Lanark Landimeres.
¶ ‘A land-measurer... This word is here [viz. in Skene] used improperly’ (Jam.).
1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Particata, The measurers of land, called Landimers, in Latine, Agrimensores. 1670Blount Law Dict., Landimers, measurers of Land, anciently so called. 1825–80Jamieson, Lannimor, a person employed by conterminous proprietors to adjust marches between their lands, Ayrsh. |