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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Linin-,) Lyning-, Lynning-lume, n. Also: -lome, -lwme. [Late ME. lynyn- (1404), lynnen-lome.] A loom for weaving linen. —1558 Peebles B. Rec. I. 247.
To exame Gilbert Wilsone … prenteis to Robert Derling, and se gif he be qualifiit to wirk on the lynning lome or nocht 1568 Edinb. Test. I. 182; 1597 Ib. XXX. 12 b. 1609 Ib. XLVI. 10 b.
The littell lyning lwme 1617 Ib. XLIX. 345.
Foure lynning lumes on fit wirkand at xl s. the peice

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