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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Adamant, n. Also: -and, adamont, athamant. [ME. adamant, -aunt (14th c.), OF. adamaunt, L. adamant-, adamas.] Adamant; diamond. Also with stane.a1400 Leg. S. vi. 283 (charbunckle & adamant). c1420 Wynt. i. 823 (thare adamant is gude). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxi. 49 (handis of adamant). 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lii (as dois ane adamont stane). a1585 Maitl. Q. xlviii. 114 (ane hairt of adamant). 1596 Dalr. I. 24/6 (the adamant, the rubie). c1600 Montg. Suppl. 213/48 (that onlie adamand ar ȝe).

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