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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1574-1673
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Dictionar(e, -er, n. [e.m.E. dictionary (1526), F. dictionnaire, med. L. dictionarium, -arius.] a. A dictionary. b. Vocabulary, language.a. 1574 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 348.
[Ane] dict[i]onar in latene and frence 1580 Ib. 44 b.
The dictioner … in latine and englis 1580 Edinburgh Testaments VIII. 109.
Certane bukes bund & vnbund, sik as ane dictionar in latyne & inglis 1583 Ib. XII. 283.
His inglis bybill with said dictionar callit Eliot 1591 Ib. XXIII. 141 b.
His buik of Couperris dictioner 1643 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 9.
The paines takin be Mr John Row … for setting furth ane Hebrew dictionar, and dedicating the same to the counsell 1673 Montgomery Mem. 332.
For a Latin and English dictionarb. 1622-6 Bisset I. 77/35.
Usand my awin maternall Scottis langaige … in … compendious termes and clene dictionare
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