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effeir (iou)



effeir noun & verb. Scot. LME.
[Alt. of AFFAIR.]
A. noun.
A concern, a cause, an important matter. LME-E17.
Appearance, array; show, pomp, ceremony. Long obsolete exc. (Hist.) in effeir of war. LME.
b. verb intrans. obsolete exc. Scots Law.
Appertain, fall by right. Esp. in as effeirs, in the proper way, as appropriate. LME.
Be appropriate, pertain, relate to. M16.