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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Potaine, -ayne, n. [Aphetic, with altered ending, f. ME ypotame, ypotamos, ypotanos, -us (all 14th c.), OF ypotame, med. L. ypotamus.] A hippopotamus. — 1494 Loutfut MS. 32 a.
A potayne [Lindsay MS. -aine] is a fische quhilk is callit hors foull becaus he is bred on the fludis of Nyle
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