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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1590-1700
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Cordecedron, -dicid(e)ron, n. Also: -sidron, -siderone, -ane, corsdeseturn, cors sidrone. [F. écorce de citron.] Lemon peel. 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI. 312.
Fyftene vnce cors sidrone 1607 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 169.
Twa pund of dry confecit corsdeseturn 1627 Edinburgh Testaments LIV. 202 b.
Sevin pund of cordesiderone 1673 Leith Customs 21.
140 pound cordecedron 1675 Stirling Comm. Good 92.
Sax pund cordesiderane 1681 Blackness Customs 28 b.
Ane pund sinamon; four pund cordisidrons 1683–4 Stirling B. Rec. II. 323.
Tuo pound of cordicidron to the provest quhich he gave to my Lady Elphingston 1700 Ib. 94.
Ane pound of cordicideron and orange peell
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