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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1658
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Pont, n. [? transf. use of e.m.E. ponte (1500), punte, punt, MDu. ponte, MLG punte, a name for various types of flat-bottomed boat, a punt.] Appar. some sort of dish or vessel. — 1658 Edinburgh Testaments LXIX 179.
Tuo dussane of broad lipped ponts … xx dussoune of broad lipped plaittis
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