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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1525-1526, 1597-1612
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Mummye, (Mumm(i)a), n. [ME. (c 1400) and e.m.E. mum(m)ie, F. momie, obs. F. mumie, med. L. mumia, of Arabic origin.] Mummy, the medicinal preparation orig. made from mummified bodies. — 1525–6 Treasurer's Accounts V. 264.
For j unce of mummye to the maister kuk, ii s. 1597 Bk. Rates 7 b.
Inuarte Custumes … Mumma pund thairof 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 301.
Mummia the pound, viij s.
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