A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Blank, n. Also: blanke, blanck, blaynk, blenk. [In sense 1, ME. and e.m.E. blank, OF. blanc. In sense 2 , e.m.E. blanke (1586). Cf. the adj .]
1. A French coin, orig. of silver, latterly of copper.1523 Acta Conc. (MS) XXXIV. 19.
The greit blank of Fraunce to have passage out throw all the partis of this realm … the greite blank … for vi d. Scottis money, the half blank for iii d.
2. A document with blank spaces; a blank form.1546 Acts II. 472/1.
The said remissioun, blank, & obligatioun 1561 Montgomery Mem. 161.
Sicklyk xx blanck wryttingis subscryvit … be the said Erle … five blanckis … and four blanckis 1572 Acts III. 75/2.
Sum vtheris hes … contrafatit gifts and prouisiounis of benefices with antedaittis or blankis 1594 Acts IV. 57/1.
Thai producit aucht blankis in paper … Quhilkis blankis hes na designatioun on the bak 1603 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II. 46.
The saidis pairteis obleissis thame to convene … at the Cheppil of Gareoche, thair to subscryue ane designit blaynk to the effect foirsaid 1608 Grant Chart. 205.
This blenk within subscryveit is … ordanit be thir presentis to be fillit with ane decreit arbitrall be honorabill men
3. A blank space in a document, etc.c 1575 Sat. P. xlv. 1104.
I sall leave blankis for to imbrew [= imbreve] thame 1583 Montgomery Mem. 224.
That the heale blankes contenit in the said contract be fulfillit befoir the said Robert delyver the samen
