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Quotation dates: 1522-1571, 1625, 1685
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Cum(m)ing, n.2 Also: cwmyng, cum(m)yng, cummyn, cumyne; cumȝeone. [Of obscure origin, cf. Cymming.] A vessel used in brewing; a ‘kimmen’. 1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. 209.
Ane pair of mustarstanis, ane cummyn 1538 Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVI. (J).
Ane flesche fat, ane fysche fat, ane cumȝeone 1566 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 517.
Certane lumes as wirt standis, cumyngis, … and uthir weschell concernyng brewing 1566 Protocol Book of Thomas Johnsoun 102.
[In] the brewhouse … ane laid gallone, … ane cumyne, tua cumyngis 1566 Inv. Wardrobe 174.
In the brewhous … tua gyle fattis, ane cumming 1571 Edinburgh Testaments I. 187.
Ane cwmyng, ane wortstand, and thre aill barrellis 1625 Ib. LIII. 39.
Sex barrellis, thrie cumingis, tua leglins 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 365.
2 laid gallouns, 2 cummings, 2 trowes
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