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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mono-, Monacord, n. [Late ME. (Lydgate) and e.m.E. monacord, monocorde, F. monocorde (14th c.), med. L. monochordos, orig. a musical instrument having a single string. A common Sc. var. is Monycord.] A monochord, a musical instrument having several strings and bridges on a sounding board. In plur. as sing. —1504 Treas. Acc. II. 463.
To the cheild playit on the monocordis 1683 Brechin Test. VII. 76.
A pair of monacords estimat to iiij lib.

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