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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1591
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(Irvine,) Irwing, n. [The town of Irvine.] Attrib. with gray (cloth). —1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXIII. 313.
Thrie elnes … of Irwing grayis at [22/2d.] the elne