A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Indentit, p.p. and ppl. a. [ME. indentyd (c 1440), earlier endentyd (a 1400).] Indented, inlaid.1538 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 91.
Ane coitt of blak with slevis indentit, berand the townis airmis 1539 Soc. Ant. XXIV. 49.
Ane pair of tabillis of silvir … , indentit with jasp and cristallyne 1559 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 320.
Two tynnakillis, … fournist with reid weluet, flourit and indentit with gold 1600 Black Bk. Taymouth 336.
Of muscattis indenttit with bane of linit werk 1634 Edinb. Test. LVI. 367.
Ane grytt stand bed indentit, … ane grytt indentit pres 1648 Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 121.
Ane double hagbut indentit uith bain
