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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dormond, n. Also: dormound, -mont. [e.m.E. dormond (1582), ME. dormant (1453), ellipt. for dormant tree (c 1440), OF. dormant sleeping.] A fixed horizontal beam; a summer.1482 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 45.
Of ilk grete geist or dormound sald thare doun j ob. 1500 Ib. 243.
Of ilk greit dormond 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 251.
For ane gryt dowble dormond to be stoks, xxj s. 1561–3 Ib. 383.
Ane greit corbell to be the north most windo dormound 1589 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 358.
Ane dormond to be ane brydill to m^r Robert Bruces wyndo 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 232.
That the auld parpell wall … be cleyne tayne away and the floring inlairget upon dormonts to the new wall 1648 Edinb. Test. LXIV. 82.
Item fir dormond tries estimat all to lij lib.