Hi Folks Have a Scottish Burial Register record 1853 from Scotlands People on which one of the columns has the heading Buried - In the Lair of. Have tried Googling it but cannot find exactly what this means. Would anyone be able to explain this further please Kind Regards Chris in rural Western Australia No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2706 - Release Date: 02/24/10 03:34:00

Hi Chris. Here is one definition of "lair" from the online Dictionary of the Scots Language at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/index.html: 4. A burial-place or -site. a. A grave or tomb. b. Chiefly, a space or plot reserved as burial-space by a person or family in a church or graveyard. I've cited this database several times in the past and should have included the sources from which it is taken. They are: (1) The 12-volume "Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue" compiled over the period 1931-2002, which contains information about Scots words in use from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth centuries (Older Scots). The first editor of this series was Sir William Craigie, who was also the third Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. (2) The 10-volume "Scottish National Dictionary" compiled over the period 1931-1976, which contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (modern Scots). The first editor was William Grant. The digitization of these volumes into the Dictionary of the Scots Language was done at the University of Dundee between the years 2001 and 2004. This database undoubtedly, in my view, is the most extensive and reliable source for authentic definitions from both Old Scots and the "modern" Scots language. Loretta Lynn Layman -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ian & Chris Riley Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:21 AM To: ayrshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [AYR] "Buried in the Lair of" Hi Folks Have a Scottish Burial Register record 1853 from Scotlands People on which one of the columns has the heading Buried - In the Lair of. Have tried Googling it but cannot find exactly what this means. Would anyone be able to explain this further please Kind Regards Chris in rural Western Australia No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2706 - Release Date: 02/24/10 03:34:00 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message