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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1513, 1621

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(Grainit,) Granit, -yt, -et, a. [e.m.E. greyned, grayned (1523), f. Grain n.2 2.] Forked, pronged. —1513 Doug. i. iii. 75.
The thre granyt ceptour wand 1513 Ib. iii. iv. 40.
With … thik harsk granyt pikis standing owt 1621 Criminal Trials III. 499.
Ane otter-stalff with ane twagranet fork of irne at the end thairof

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