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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1649-1687
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Ratin(e, -ein, -aine, n. [e.m.E. ratteen (1685), F. ratine (1642), ratine, a ‘thick twilled woollen cloth’.] —1649 Wemyss Chart. 232.
My ratine peitikott 1666 Edinburgh Testaments LXXII 150.
Ane reid ratein waiscoat 1676 Cunningham Diary 83.
For 4 ells ratin to be my cloaths, £38 8 s. 1687 Sc. Ant. VIII 154.
6 yards & ane half of rataine