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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1500-1531, 1584-1600
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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 Legends of the Saints 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 Maitland Quarto MS 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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