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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1604-1626
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(Semit,) Saymyt, Seamed, Scemȝeit, p.p.1 and ppl. adj. [e.m.E. seamde (1590); cf. Seme n.1 1 and 2.] Fastened, bound or sewn (together) by means of a seam or seams. — 1513 Doug. vi vi 62.
Gan grane or geig full fast the saymyt barge [L. cumba Sutilis] — 1604 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 30 May.
Ane mort claith of fyne French blak, or serge of Florens of sufficient for men & women scemȝeit about with blak silk 1626 Edinburgh Testaments LIII 337b.
xiiij pair of seamed gluifis with silk & siluer upon the seames
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