▪ I. † lyar Sc. Obs.
Also lyare, liare.
[? f. lie v.1 + -er1.]
? A coverlet.
| 1497 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1877) I. 369 Item, for xvj elne of damas, to be the Kingis lyare... Item, for xvj elne of bukram, to lyne the Kingis liare. 1530 Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 48 Item, ane lyare of crammesy velvett, with twa cuschingis of crammesy velvett, bordourit with tressis of gold. 1542 Ibid. 96 Item ane lyar of purpour velvott. |
▪ II. lyar
var. lyre3, the shearwater.