"fiar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fiars [plural]
Etymology: See feuar. Etymology templates: {{m|en|feuar}} feuar Head templates: {{en-noun}} fiar (plural fiars)
  1. (Scots law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter. Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-fiar-en-noun-BC4LTC1a
  2. The price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis.
    Sense id: en-fiar-en-noun-OFreAiHD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fiars prices

Inflected forms

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