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ˈsilverless, a.
Also 8–9 Sc. siller-.
[f. silver n. + -less.]
Without money; having no money.
c1325Pol. Songs (Camden) 324 Voiz of clerk is sielde i-herd at the Court of Rome,..silverles if he come. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. x. 119 He sente hem forth seluerles in a somer garnement. 1737Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1750) 14 A sillerless man gangs fast thro' the market. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxvi, Ye maunna gang this wilfu' gate sillerless, come o't what like. a1837Nicoll Poems (1842) 96 Folk sillerless may ca' us,—We ha'e unco little gear. |