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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Roon. Var. of Round n. 9 (= the border or selvage of a web of cloth, a strip of cloth). —1662 Glasgow B. Rec. II 493.
Compt of the partizanes. … to Issobell Lang for furnishing of roones, threid and workmanship
