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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1503-1507, 1566, 1645-1646
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Appil garnet, n. Also: apil(e. [ME. apple garnade (14th c.), garnet appyl (Lydgate), MDu. appelgarnate, OF. pome garnade, garnette.] The pomegranate.1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 376.
For vj apil garnetis to the King, xij s 1507 Rentale Dunkeld. 249.
For 1 lie appill garnat 22d 1566 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 85.
xx apile garnattis … brocht … to the quenis grace … being seik for the tyme a1646 Wedderburn Voc. 17 (J).
Mala granata, apple-garnets
