wear2t (wer)

t. [ Fadir, that may do no dere Goddis com a unde ment to fullfyll; For fra all wathes he will vs were, Whar-so we wende to wirke his wille. York Plays , p. 61. I set him to wear the fore-door wi' the speir while I kept the back-door wi' the lance. Border Minstrelsy , i. 208. ( Jamie son .) 2. To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering: as, to wear the wolf from the sheep. -3. To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety. [Scotch.] Will ye gae to the ewe-buchts, Marion, And wear in the sheep wi' me? Old Song , in Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany.