Obs. Also 4 Sc. varnysoun, 6 Sc. vernysoun. [a. AF. warnisoun, OF. warnison, dial. var. of garnison: see GARNISON sb.] Provision of men, stores, etc. Also a garrison.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 143. Þe pes did he crie, & purueid warnisoun.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, X. 325. Quhen thai of his varnysoun Saw the sege set thair stithly, Thai mystrowit hym of tratory.
1570. Henry’s Wallace, VIII. 869, note. Thai drede full sar for thair awin vernysoun.
