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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1681
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Pan(n)ach(e, Pana(s)che, -ash, n. Also: -age; pennashe. [e.m.E. pinnach (1553), pennach(e (17th c.), F. panache.] A plume, a panache. 1585 James VI Ess. 43.
Like as ane hors … An fethered pannach set vpon his heid 1581-1623 Id. Poems I. 193/746.
Pennashe c1590 J. Stewart 24/353.
Vith perlit helm … And pannache quhyt 1596 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 80 b.
Pannages 1657 Balfour Ann. II. 197.
A panache of read and whyte plumes 1657 Ib. IV. 355.
Panasches 1675 Melville Chart. 178.
Pannash 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 24.
He had … A top of lint for his panash [: gramash (= gaiter)] 1681 Ib. 109.
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