A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375
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Quibib, Quybib, n. [ME quybibe (c 1300), quibibe (c 1314), OF quibibe, quybybe.] In pl.: Grains or berries of cubeb, the spice. —1330 Exchequer Rolls I 344.
In empcione … vnius copule fructuum, et quinque librarum de quybibis 1330 Ib. 348.
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