Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyvour
Literary usage of Dyvour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"Hence a bankrupt was condemned to wear the dyvour's habit, ... 1824, Ibid.
ie* Condemnation to the dyvour's habit, " is now undoubtedly done away ..."
2. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"See Caption—Charge—Diligence—Denunciation—dyvour. HORSE-RACING. See Acts 13 Geo.
II. c. 19; 18 Geo. II. c. 34, s. 2; 3 and 4 Viet. с. б ; 8 and 9 Viet. c. ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"The act of sederunt of 18th July 1688 prescribes as the dyvour's habit, ' a
bonnet, partly of a brown and partly of a yellow ..."
4. The Annals of Banff by William Cramond (1891)
"... to be liberate furth of their tolbooth, but, previous thereto, ordained him
to put on, and wear, the dyvour's habit, and, accordingly, the said John ..."
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