† ˈwarestall Sc. Obs.
Forms: 6 wairstall, wairstaw, waistaw, vairscall, vairsta, war-, varstay.
[f. ware n.3 + stall n.]
A store cupboard.
| 1508 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 111 Item, for lokkis and bandis to the gret wair stallis in the Kingis wardrob in Edinburgh, v s. 1530 Burgh Rec. Edin. (1871) II. 39 Ane waistaw, a schryne, ane chyrater. 1538 Aberd. Reg. (MS.) XVI. (Jam.), Ane fysche fat, a geill fat, a vairscall. 1561 Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 336 Ane almary, ane vairsta, ane maill fatt. 1565 in D. Hay Fleming Reform. Scot. (1910) 610 Ane langsadill of aik, with ane greit wairstaw of aik. 1572 Rec. Elgin (New Spalding Club) I. 134 Airschip guidis..ane karr, ane muksled, ane varstay, ane almrie. |