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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1515
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(Minute,) Minut, n.2 [ME. and e.m.E. mynut, minute, a coin of trifling value, a ‘mite’ (1382), something minute (1598), late L. minūtum neut.: cf. Minute,n.1] A small particular or item, a trifle, a detail; in music, ? a grace note. — 1490 Irland Mir. II. 150/7.
In the musik and play of a harp or lut ar mony diuers notis minvtis and stringis 1515 Treasurer's Accounts V. 14.
For necessaris bocht be him in divers minutis fra the xxviij day of Julii to this day
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