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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1477-1541, 1664
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Nop-bed(d, n. Also irregular variant: cnokebed. [Cf. also Nap-bed.] A flock mattress, a bed stuffed with nap. = Nopsek n. 1477 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 408.
Ane pair of schetis, ane nop bed, a bowster 1482 Acts Lords Auditors 109/1.
Twa nop beddis 1502 Treasurer's Accounts II. 295. 1502 Acts Lords of Council MS. XII. 141 b. 1516 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 36.
Nop [pr. nox] bed 1517 Grant Chart. 63. 1518 Moncreiffs 569. 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 175.
Ane standand bed, ane nop bed 1664 Brechin Testaments VI. 288 b.
A cnokebed of fir, a calff bed
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