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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Musk, n.2 [Origin and precise meaning obscure; Eng. musk as the name of an animal appears to date certainly only f. 1771, possibly f. 1611, and musk-cat f. 1551.] Used by Henryson as the name of some animal. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 918 (Bann.).
The musk the litill mows with all hir myght In haist haykit vnto that hillis hyght
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