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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1612-1681
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Lamp-black, n. Also: lamblak, lam blacke. [e.m.E. (1598). Cf. Lambleck.] Lamp-black. — 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 290.
Blacking or lampblack the hundreth weight xxiiii li. 1623 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 344 b.
l pund wecht lamblak pryce xx lib. 1673 Leith Customs MS. 39.
100 pound lam blacke 1681 Blackness Customs MS. 50 b.
Tuenty four littell boxes lamp black
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