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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bone, Bon(ne, (Boyn,) n.² Anglicized variants of Bane n.¹ (Also in evoir, quhaill, schakel bone, q.v.)1513 Doug. i. ix. 20 (evoir boyn). 1531 Bell. Boece I. 271 (the bonis of his fader). a1568 Scott xxi. 6 (bot skin and bon); xxxvi. 35 (all my febill bonis). 1645 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III. 43 (a cheker of bon). 1646 Hope Diary 133 (that his bonnes might not be exhumet).attrib. 1597 Treas. Acc. MS. 117.
Ane caice of bone kames 1676 Thanes of Cawdor 327.
A sillwer seill with a bon heid 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 355.
A bon sundyell