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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1684-1696

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Manto, n. [Eng. mantou (1671), manto (1678), manteau (1690), F. manteau (cf. Mantil(l n.1).] = Mantea n. —1684 Lauder Notices Affairs 538.
To prohibite the wearing of night-gouns and mantois in the streets (if they be of prohibited stuffs) 1696 Bk. Dunvegan I. 256.
For makin a manto into a night goune

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