A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1549
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Diapason, Dya-, n. [ME. dyapason (1413), L. diapāsōn.] Musical compass or harmony. —a1500 Henr. Orph. 234.
Dyapason symple & duplycate 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. xli.
Diapason of mony sindrie sortis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 37/22.
In accordis of mesure of diapason prolations
