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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1438-1612
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Armine, Arming, n. Also: armyn(e, armein(e, armen(e, armyng. [ME. armyne (15th c.), e.m.E. armyn, armin, var. of ermine.]
1. Ermine (esp. the fur).(a) ?1438 Alex. ii. 303.
I pray ȝow then … tak ane rob furred with armine 15.. Clariodus iii. 2340.
Thay brocht ane goune … weill furrit with potent rich armyne 15.. Ib. iv. 337.
Ane fair gown. Furrit with armeine 1561 Inv. Wardrobe 131.
Item, ane stomach of armenis c1590 J. Stewart 175/4.
As Armein dois from filthines repair 1596 Montgomery Mem. 235.
Ane gown … with sleves lynit with spottit armene 1612 Bk. Rates 305.
Furres called Armyns, the timber, contening fourty skins(b) 1473 Treasurer's Accounts I. 32.
Coft be the Qwene hir self, … iij tymir of armyng 1540 Ib. VII. 277.
For xxvj dosan spottit armyng to lyne the kirtill with 15.. Clariodus ii. 1898.
Sex fair gounis of velvot cramosie, With rich arming reversit nobillie 1561 Inv. Wardrobe 128.
Ane pair of wyd slevis of arming flypand bakward 1561 Ib. 130.
Ane hude of arming
2. Attrib. with beste (beast), collar.1502 Treasurer's Accounts II. 198.
For ij elne satin to sleffis and armyng collar for the samyn 1512 Ib. IV. 215.
For xx armyng bestis put in the fent collar and breist of the sam goune
