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Point, Poynt(e, n.³ Also: pointt, poyint, poinct; Punct. [Sc. var. of Pint n.] A pint. = Pint n.Also attrib. and comb.(1) 1488 Acta Conc. I 97/2.
For a galloune a quart and a poynt of Rinsche wyne 1501 Treas. Acc. II 44.
Pointis 1542 Reg. Cupar A. II 208.
Ane point aile 1573 Inverness Rec. I 226.
Ane poynt and muchekin aquawytie 1581 Elgin Rec. I 160. 1588 St. A. Kirk S. 623. 1588–9 Crail B. Ct. MS 27 Feb.
For v s. viij d. the point off vyne 1589 Exch. R. XXII 73.
Aucht tin flauconis contenand ane point the pece 1596–7 Misc. Spald. C. V 67. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 1590.
Ye look lyk a sow slacking a poynt 1601–2 Montrose Treas. Acc. 3.
For ane poynt of wyne 1605 Inverness Rec. II 28.
In tackinge xii d. and xvi d. for the poinct aill 1619 Perth Kirk S. MS 29 March.
Quhair they drunk ane poynt of aill onlye 1627 Black Bk. Taymouth 384. 1631 Monteith Stewartry Ct. 21 April.
[The] poynte aill … may be sauld for xvj d. 1643 Dumfries Treas. Acc. MS 9 Dec.
Ane poynt of wyne 1644 Spalding II 311. 1657 Elgin Rec. I 304.
The barley firlot threttie tuo poynts, the barley peck eight poynts 1661 Old Ross-shire I 150. 1692 Misc. B. Rec. 100.
[Brechin:] There are some sallars of aile that vent brandie about ten points a year(2) 1546–7 Stirling B. Rec. I 47.
Na claret … be sald of derrer price nor xiiij d … .the point 1567 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. App. 308. 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 302. a1595 Cullen Chron. Aberd. 47. 1603 Rec. Old Aberd. I 32. 1617 Kirkwall Sheriff Ct. Act Bk. 9.
That nae all be sold to ane hier pryce then … 10 d. the poynt of iiij lib. malt 1631 Cullen B. Ct. 2 Dec.
Poyint 1692 Misc. B. Rec. 103.
Whereof there is 4,133 lib. [etc.] … in dependance befor the Parliament [owed by Irvine] being for the plack on the point in King James tyme(3) 1522 Wigtown B. Ct. 135 b.
That na pewder quart nor point be sauld bot the gret quart & the gret point 1523 Dundee B. Ct. I fol. 156 (15 Aug.).
vij quartis stopis vij poyntis iiij chandillaris 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. I 176. 1586 St. A. Test. II 53 b.
Ane tyn point(4) attrib. and comb. 1569 Inverness Rec. I 180.
Tuay pointt coiggis — 1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII 201 b.
Ane poynt flacoun of tyn — 1607 (c 1650) Dundee B. Laws 147.
The poynt jogg of copper — 1502 Treas. Acc. II 295.
For ane tyn quart and ane poynt stopes 1530 Lindores A. 490.
iiij poynt stoppis 1567 Bamff Chart. 70.
Ane poynt stoup of tyn 1581 Brechin Test. I 47 b.
Twa tyn poynt stoppis 1612 Dunblane Test. III 189.
Ane poynt stoip and ane schopein stoip of tin 1689 Inverness Kirk S. 57.
[She] stroke him with a point stope in the head