A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1549, 1627-1670
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Scone, n. Also: sconn-, skonn-. [Appar. shortened f. MDu. schoonbrot ‘fine bread, a kind of flat angular loaf’ (SND). Cf. MLG schönbrot wheaten, as opposed to rye, bread.] A scone, a ‘large round cake of wheat or barley flour baked on an iron plate’ (SND, s.v. Scone). —1513 Doug. vii ii 15.
The flowr sconnys war set in … With othir mesis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 43/5.
Thai [sc. shepherds] hed na breyd bot ry caikis and fustean skonnis maid of flour a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 191.
A scone of a baiking is aneuch 1670 Dumbarton B. Rec. 86.
4 sheit gray paper for the scones
