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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1591
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Stein, adj. or n. (?) —1591 Misc. Spald. C. III 160.
Ane great stein latroun, of massie bras, within the quire in forme of the pelican … quhairin the evangell was red, extending to the weyght of tuentie stein of fyne bras