warsetwarsethn.
Corrupt form of barcelet: see bercelet n. Wyntoun's Cron. vi. 1610 (Royal MS.) has the form wersslete.
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houndc897
warsetc1200
dogc1300
berceletc1340
hound-dog1649
c1200 Leges Forestarum c. 1, in Acts Parl. Scot. I. 687 Cum custode..canem habente qui warseth appellatur. [14.. (Translation) A hund þe quhilk is callit warset.]
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