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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1583-1597
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Amedon(e, -oun, n. [ME. amedoun, amydone, F. amidon starch.] A preparation of wheat-flour; starch. — 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 118.
Ane pund of amedone 1589 Ib. XXI. 22.
Tua pund of amedon 1597 Halyb. Ledger p. cxiv.
Stiffine callit Amedone, the stane thairof, xl s.
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