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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1503, 1592-1635
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(Kimming,) Kyming, -yn, n.1 [Var. of Cum(m)ing n.1] Cumin. Also attrib. with seid. — 1503 Halyb. 271.
iiij li. of kymyn 1592 Edinburgh Testaments XXIV. 296.
Tua pund & ane half of kyming price of the pund x s. 1635 Ib. LVII. 140 b.
Fowr pund wecht kyming & coliander seid
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