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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1620, 1696
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Rosting-irne, Roisting-iron, n. Also: rostyng, rostyn(e, -en(e, -ein; roistein and -yrne, -yron; Reisting-irne. [ME and e.m.E. rostinghiron (c1340); Rosting vbl. n. Appar. only Sc. after c1475.] A gridiron. = Rost-irne n.(a) 14.. Acts I 44/2.
The ayre … sall hafe … a rostyng yrne, a girdill [etc.] 1517 Caldwell P. 56.
Thre rostyn irnes 1534 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 144.
Ane rostyne irne 1542 Eeles King's Coll. Chapel 24.
Ane litil brandar, callit ane rostein irne 1573 Reg. Privy C. II 269.
Twa rosting irnis, price of the pece x s. 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXIII 209, 209b.
Rostene irnes … rosten irne 1620 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 262.
vj s. for making a rosting iron 1696 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II 572.(b) c1572 Mar & Kellie MSS Suppl. 31.
A roistein yron with ane tainge and a dressing knyiff 1615 Reg. Privy S. MS 21 Nov.
Ane roisting iron
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