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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1650
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Ingon(e, n. Also: ingown, ingoin. [Later varr. of ingeo(u)n, Ingȝo(u)n n. Cf. the mod. dial. ingan, etc.] An onion. —15.. Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVI (J).
Requirit to tak out the ingownis quhilk ves in the schip in point of tynsale 1613 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 238.
Fyve hundreth barrellis of ingonis 1613 Ib.
Ingoinis 1648 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 146.
Sybous or ingons 1650 Edinburgh Testaments LXV. 130 b.
For fraught of ingones
