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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: 1667-1693
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Mum(m)-beir, -bire, -bear(e, n. = Mum n.2 —1667 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 26.
Eatch barrell of mum beare, tuo shilling 1668 Ib. 41, 1674 Ib. 181. 1672 Foulis Acc. Bk. 15.
Mum bear 1680 Fawside Coal Compt 58.
For a pynt of mum beir to my selfe at Muss[elburgh] 00/10/0 1682 Thanes of Cawdor 361.
For mumbeir in the forenoon 1687 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 395. 1693 Dunbar Social Life I. 160.
To six chopins of mumbire
