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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1611-1700+
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Fing(e)ring, Fingram, n. Also: finȝeringe, fingrin, -grain, fingar(r)in, -run; fingrome, -rum, -arume, phingrim. [Of obscure origin; the change of nȝ to ng is normal and the late spelling fingrain is misleading.] A kind of woollen cloth. Freq. attrib. with plaid, serge, etc.(a) 1611 Brechin Testaments II. 175.
Ane govne of finȝeringe, … ane gaircull of finȝeringe … Ane finȝering plaid 1637 Ann. Banff. 80.
The wyving of ane hewit fingring plaid; 20 s. 1676 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 671.
Plaiding and fingrains, … kerseyes and Galloway whytt 1684 New Mills Manuf. 67.
Fingarinns about 2400 ells 1685 Ib. 100.
The soume dew … for dyeing of fingaruns 1696 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX. 159 b.
Three peace of dyed fingring courtains(b) 1634 Edinburgh Testaments LVI. 362 b.
xxiiij ellis braid fingrum 1644 Ib. LXI. 45 b.
viij elnes fingerums 1649 Ib. LXIV. 120.
Ten elnes fingrome 1661 Acts VII. 253/2.
Phingrim being a sort of plaiding ilk hundred ells three ounces1681 Thanes of Cawdor 354.
4 ells black fingrum(c) 1680 Foulis Acc. Bk. 56.
To Alison Gourlay to buy fingram 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. ii. 9.
There fingram stockins spun on rocks lyes 1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 310.
17 ells of fingram sarge red 1707 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 431.
When the said plaiding, fingrames, drogget or searges, be put to sale