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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1460

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Onix, n. [ME. oniche (a 1300), onix (c 1305), OF. oniche, L. onyx.] Onyx. —a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 280.
Jape, crissolit & onix fyne c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 11240.
Thare veschell was … Off cressolit onix and smaragdyne c1460 Ib. 13556.

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