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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1590, 1643
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Challender, -inder, n. [ME. chaloner (1372), f. chalon, chaloun a coverlet or blanket. Cf. Chalandrie.] A maker of coverlets. Also attrib. — 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXII. 64 b.
Scho leuis … Iohne Smaill … ane challinder couering, … ane fedder bed, ane buster 1643 Melrose R. Rec. I. 99.
Thomas Law, weaver and ‘challender’ in Melrose 1643 Ib. 100.
Conforme to the ordor of the challender craft
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