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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: 1488-1700

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Rowan(e. Also: -anis, -and, -en, rouane; roan; rollan. [e.m.E. Ron (Rouen) (Cath. Angl.), Roan (clothe) (1565), Roanes (cloths from Rouen) (1617). In Eng. usage appar. f. a different form of the place name. Cf. Rone adj.] The name of Rouen, the French town, used attrib.Applied to a variety of goods, esp. cloths and stuffs.1553 Treasurer's Accounts X 200.
Thre elnis and ane half of Franche blak of the seill of Rowane
(1) 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I 153.
Rowane gray for a gowne to the duke
1488 Ib. 165.
Rowane tanny
1500 Halyb. 260.
5 ell of Rowanis clath
1502 Ib. xxi.
Rovane
1502 Criminal Trials I i 29.
Unius toge de Rowane-tanne
1506–7 Treasurer's Accounts III 249.
Rowan
1520 Edinb. B. Rec. I 202.
iii govnis ane of Rowane tanny
1535 Aberd. B. Rec. MS XV (Jam.).
Fyve ellis … of Rowand tanne
1537 Treasurer's Accounts VI 331.
Ane steik of Rowan blak
1540 Maxwell Mem. I 409.
Ane gown of rowand rwssat, lynit with blak bwigis
1547 Treasurer's Accounts IX 137.
Rovane sylk
1547 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. vi (Hope v. Tod & Robertson).
Ane stik [of cloth] … quhilk he callit broun & the deponer belevis it wes Rowen russett
1575 Edinburgh Testaments III 361.
Quhite Rowane cannes
1589 Ib. XXI 58b. 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 314.
Cullane Picardie Roan and all vther sortis of dressed hemp
(b) 1700 Old Ross-shire I 144.
4 el blak ribin … an el of Rollan £3, 5 quarters Rollan muslin £3 15 s.
(2) 1551 Dundee B. Ct. II fol. 88b (18 Sept.).
Fyve twn of Rowane gudis
1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX 237b.
Thrie dossane of Rowane gloves
1670 Aberd. Council Lett. V 19.
About 6000 punds of Rowan wair
1680 Ib. VI 257.
Rowen
(3) 1577 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 42.
Markit wechtis with ringis answerand to sextene trois pund Frenche rowan with the stane

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