A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1653
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Incid-, Incedent, n. [ME. incydent (1412–20), incedent (1462). OF. incident.] a. A matter of a subordinate or less directly relevant nature; an incidental. b. An incidental or subsidiary requirement.a.c1420 Wynt. ii. 834 (W).
Bot it is doutwise be the dait That cronyclaris befor me wrait And vthir incedentis [v.rr. incydens, incedence] seire According part to this materb.1653 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II. 175.
[The farmer of the coinage] will ... mantaine in good repaire all the engins and other incidents ... at his owne coste
