A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1580-1612
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Ounce, Once, n.2 [ME. vnce (14th c.), e.m.E. ounce (a 1586), once (1601), OF. once (13th c. in Littré), also lonce (prob. ultim. related to Linx).] A name applied to the lynx and perh. to other moderate-sized feline animals. Also attrib. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 906 (Ch.).
The wyld once, the buk, the uelterand brok 1580-92 James VI Lusus R. 25.
The ouncis cruell spreitis 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 307.
Ounce skins
