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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1620-1648
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Minim(e, -um(e, Min(n)ome, Menum(e, a. (? F. minime, of a tawny brown colour, appar. f. the colour of the habit of the Minim friars, f. Minime n. a Minim friar: cf. also e.m.E. (1659) minim colour, id.) 1620 Edinburgh Testaments L. 284 b.
Ane pair of breikis and doublit of minnome sateine and cloik of minnome taffitie 1626 Ib. LIII. 344 b.
xxxvj ellis of minome baes … fyve ellis of sade greine bais c 1632 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B. 26.
Of menum claith c 1632 Ib. 27.
Ane cloik of menume claith 1637 Edinburgh Testaments LVIII. 65.
Ane sute of minume stuff claithes 1642 Ib. LX. 187 b.
Ane stand of minime cloith cloithes 1648 Ib. LXIII. 271 b.
Ane minum four taillit coat
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