As a mechanism of judgment or punishment. Na man suld releif him with meit or drink, that scho in maner forbad him the use of fyre and watterĮ.

As a necessity of life, in collocation with fyre. Cum multuris … et de omnibus granis ad burgenses et inhabitantes dicti burgi spectantibus thoilling fyre and watter within the sameĭ. To keip thair babis … Fra fyre, watter, and all siclyke perrell 1617 Reg. Thocht fyre or walter it assalit, Contrare that dungeoun nocht aualit 1560 Rolland Seven S. Perrell of deid … quhilis … cummis … be debait, perrill of watter or vther way 1533 Gau 96/29. As a source of danger, chiefly in collocation with fyre. Anent the macking of the ingyne for casting of watter on land that is in fyre proverb. To buy fra him that ingyne or instrument for watter agains fyre 1656 Glasgow B. The suddartis … fyrit baith the syddis of the gait … for this caus wes ane proclamatioun maid that all thak houssis suld be tirrit … and ilk man … to haue his lumes full of watter in the nynt 1655 Edinb. Lycor … That sloknis syne as vattir fyre 1572-5 Diurn. All is not gold that gleitis … Nor water all that weitisī. Elisæus … causit the hauie irne by nature sueme aboue the valter proverb. The fluddis of Egipt, quhilkis var changit in blude and thairefter the blude transubstantiat in the substance of valter 1581 Hamilton Cath. As the drope of water weris the stone 1581 Hamilton Cath. Sic humoris corruptis in mannis bodie as may gener ane pest quhilkis ar melancholius infectit, be pestilentiall corruptioun of air or vater a1585 Maitl. He that hes of watter the natoure … Is daft and doyld a1561 Q. This material varld that is maid of the four elementis, of the eird, the vattir, the ayr, ande the fyir c1550 Rolland Ct. Gif thay be handillit, thay melt away like ane blob of watter 1549 Compl. The fyre, the air, the watter, and the ground 1531 Bell. as one of the four elements, together with fire, air and earth. Water, as a substance having particular qualities, esp. Also: -yr, wattyre, -ar, -ere, wat(e)re, vattir, -er, -yr, vater(e, -yr, uattir, uater, waitter, waltir, -er, valtir, -er, warter, wather, vadder, wotter, voltir, wettr, wytter. This entry has not been updated but may contain minor corrections and revisions. Show Show Browse A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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