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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1538-1539, 1622
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Bobbin, n.2 Also: bobbine, boben, boban(e. [e.m.E. bobbyn (1530), bobin, F. bobine.] A bobbin or spool (of or for thread). Also attrib. with quheill. 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 399.
vj bobannis weyand vj unce ½ unce, price of the bobane xxvj s. viij d. 1538–9 Ib. VII. 144.
Lang bobennis, … schort bobennis ladit 1622 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 220 b.
Thrie pairling bobbines 1622 Ib.
Sex bobbin quheilles
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