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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1595-1695
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Dropping pan, n. Also: droping, drap(p)ing. [ME. droppyng panne (1463).] A dripping pan.(a) 1595 Edinburgh Testaments XXVIII. 296 b.
Tua dossoun dropping pannis 1597 Bk. Rates 8 b.
Dropping pannis or guis pannis the dosane 1643 Mun. Univ. Glasg. III. 536.
Ane lavrock speit, … ane droping pann 1668 Edinburgh Testaments LXXIII. 273.
ij litle droping iron panes, ane brander(b) 1664 Inventory 4 in Decreets Dal. XI.
Ane drapping pan. Item, ane stander to it 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 365.
A draping pan with a standing brander to set it on 1695 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 166.
Ane yron draping pan
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