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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1564-1583
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Croun(e)-as, n. [Cf. As n.] A superior kind of pot-ash. —1564 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 43.
vij barrell of fyne crovne ase 1579 Edinburgh Testaments VII. 164.
Foure barrellis of croun as & ane barrell of bas 1583 Ib. XII. 300 b.
xviij barrell of croun as
