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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Stancheoun,) Stainshon, Staynchon, v. [Stancheo(u)n n.] tr. To provide (a window) with bars. — 1583 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 311.
That the sam haif na ma lichts … bot that quhilk is presently thairin, and it to be staynchonit 1562 (c1650) Dundee B. Laws 29.
That the same oyse be stainshont with iron and glassit
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