A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pim-,) Pyment(e, n. [ME. piment (Ancr. R.), pyment (c 1300), piement, in this sense, also (c 1290) scented unguent, OF. piment, earlier piument (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] Piment, a drink composed of wine, honey and spices. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 518.
Mare than he Had dronkyne pyment & clarre ?1438 Alex. ii. 10887.
[They had] Wyne and pymente but sparing Menstraly [etc.]
