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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 230 Siluer or gold or ony other geir.

1547 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 380 I judge him [Argyle] greedy of gear, desirous of authority.

c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 14 Spend his goods and gear.

1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.3 Ze wer neuer desyrous of blude, geir, nor honour.

a1609 A. Hume Poems (1902) 180 A rasche borrowing..of vther mennis geir.

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. i. 11 in Wks. (1640) III I am na' Fay..But a good man, that lives o' my awne geere . View more context for this quotation

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 300 I had not so much free gear when I came to Christ's camp as to buy a sword.

1706 in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 30 Which made the Laird take up more Gear Than all the Lands or Rigs could bear.

1706 R. Sempill Life Pyper of Kilbarchan xiii His pipes..after wan him gear enough.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 17 Spending the Goods and Gear that his Fore-Fathers won with the Sweat of their Brows [The speaker is Scotch].

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii His honour maunna want—he poinds your geer.

1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 204 Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice.

1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) ii. 44 Dingwall..Whose modest merit Was sae repress'd for want o' gear, Care crush'd his spirit!

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 69 ‘Ill gotten gear’, property unjustly obtained.

1884 A. S. Swan Dorothea Kirke vi. 58 That foolish, misguided sister of yours has married an old man for his gear!