A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Almond, Almont, n. Also: allmond; amond. [e.m.E. almond (see Almand), with later Sc. change of -nd to -nt.] An almond. Also almond milk.14.. Acts I. 305/2.
Of karkys or balys of peper, … almondis or ris, fygys, rasynys [etc.] 1495 Halyb. 32.
A can of almond mylk 1504 Ib. 272.
1 li. almondis 1594–5 Ayr Common Good Acc.
The comfeittis, almontis, peiris, and quheit breid 1607 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 169.
Fourteine buistis of confeitis, skrochertis and sucker almontis 1661 Mun. Univ. Glasg. II. 329.
Apricocks, amonds, figs
