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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: 1632-1695
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Mint, Mynt, n.2 [e.m.E. and ME. (1423), ME. mynt, etc., ME. and OE. mynet money, used in place of Sc. Cunȝehous etc.] The Mint; a mint. Also attrib. (also Mint-hous n.) —1632 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 361. 1649 Acts VI. ii. 129/1; etc. 1682 Edinb. B. Rec. XI. 40. 1683 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II. 200. 1695 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 205. —1632 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 359.
Contrarie to the advyse of the myntmen in Ingland 1657 Balfour Ann. IV. 280.
Sir Jo. Falconer, mint master
