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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1689
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Mand, n.1 Also: mande, maund, (mend, mynd, mond). [e.m.E. maund (1459), mawnd, mand(e (15–16th c.), OF. mande, MDu., MLG. mande; cf. OE. mand, mǫnd, which, however, seems not to have survived.] A woven basket of wickerwork or the like.(a) c1500 Makculloch MS xiii. 44.
Hic cophinus, a mand 1498 Halyb. 219.
Rasauit a pok of lam vol in mandis lois 1512 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 292; etc. 1531 Bell. Boece I. xxxiii.
Ane lang mand, narow halsit, and wyid mouthit … , that the fische thrawis thameself in it 1542 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 126.
For ane cole mand, iiij d. 1549–50 Ib. IX. 364.
To xvj warkmen quhilk wroucht certane wod and rys to be gabyounes and mandes to beir sande 1570 Peebles B. Rec. I. 320.
Sand pokkis, mandis or barrowis 1572 Ib. 347. 1595 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 10 a. 1597 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 195.
That nane be fund gangand throw the toun with mands, creills of heyring, fruitt [etc.] 1617 Master of Works Accounts II. 28, 1618 Ib. 109, 1619 Ib. 133, etc. 1624 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 259. 1637 Dumfries & Galloway Soc. XVII. 321. 1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX. 280.
Thrie wand mandis estimat all to xxiiij s. 1645 Ib. LXI. 134 b.
Ane strae mynd and ane hair sive, … twa wasching mandis and sax lang mandis 1648 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 129. 1650 Nicoll Diary 17. 1680 Blackness Customs 5 b.(b) 1508–9 Rentale Dunkeld. MS. 74 b.
Pro naulo lie maund 1633 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 363.
For tua mondis for beiring of stones 1689 Brechin Testaments VII. 211 b.
A maund for bread vij s.(c) 1559–60 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 350.
For twa mendis [sic in MS.] to beir pinning stanis in xxij d.
