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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1618-1697
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Smothing iron. Also: smothen-, smoathing-, smuthing-, smoothing- and -yron. [e.m.E. smoothing iron (1627); Smothing vbl. n. and Irne n. 2.] A flat iron. — 1618 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 111.
Four smoothing irones for the kingis landres 1648 Edinburgh Testaments LXIII 316.
Ane smothing iron pryce thairof xvi s. 1658 Edinburgh Testaments LXIX 130.
Smuthing yrones 1686 Depred. Clan Campbell 53.
All other things … within the house, such as smoothing irons, and others 1696 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX 159b.
Ane smothen iron 1697 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX 223b.
2 smoathing irones
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