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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1610
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(Nap-,) Nappe-kensy, n. [Appar. e.m.E. nap, nappe, nap of cloth (cf. Nap n.2) and Kensy n.] ? Cloth of this sort having a nap. — 1610 Brechin Testaments II. 53 b.
Four scoir elnis nappe kensie pryce of all xxxij lib.
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