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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1543-1616
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Dundé, Dundie, n. [The town of Dundee.] Attrib. with blak, gray, russet; bed, bonnet. 1543 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 241.
Tua elnis … Dunde gray to be … ane ryding cote 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III. 229.
Nyne elnis … of Dundie blak 1580 Ib. VII. 361.
Thrie elnis of hosing gray callit Dundie gray 1591 Ib. XXIII. 313.
Thre elnis … of Dundie russet 1607 Ib. XLII. 326 b.
Ane stand bed of aik … Item, ane Dundie bed 1616 Ib. XLIX. 168 b.
Thrie dosone grof Dundie bonnetis
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