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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1501, 1584-1585
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Pumice, -yse, n. [Late ME pomeys, -yce (Prompt. Parv.), -ys, e.m.E. pommes, pomis, -ayse, pommice, also pumyse (c 1550), -eyse, ise (16th c.), pummise, late ME also pumysch (1422–3), -ege (c 1450), e.m.E. poumysshe (1530), OF pomis (a 1250) in Godef.), pumis, late L. pŭmic-, for L. pūmex, -ic-; also e.m.E. pommy (1565), pumie (1579), etc.] Pumpice; a piece of pumice; and comb. in Pumice-stane. — 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II 63.
For four pumyses to him [the goldsmith] xij d. a1585 Montg. P. i 61.
Hir lypis and cheikis pumice fret
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