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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: 1625-1683
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Mint-hous, n. Also: mynt(e)- and -house, -howse. [e.m.E. mint-house (1605).] The Mint; a mint. = Mint n.2, Cunȝehous n. —1625 Acts V. 178/1.
The bulyeoun … to be putt to the myntehouse 1641 Ib. 431/2.
As generall of the mynthous 1649 Ib. VI. ii. 129/1.
To hold courts within his maiesties minthouse 1652 Ib. 798/1. 1660 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 495. 1663 Lamont Diary 165. 1683 Lauder Notices Affairs I. 403.
