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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1530-1551

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Stemmet(t, -at, n. [MF estamet (Flanders, 15th c. in Wartburg); cf. 17th c. Eng. stamet(t (1618), Du. stamet woollen yarn.] A woollen cloth, appar. of fine texture, suitable for making hose. ? = Stemming n.1530 Treasurer's Accounts V 408.
Stemmet of Myllane … to be hois to the king
1531 Treasurer's Accounts VI 20.
Ane pair of hois … of broune stemmett
1532 Treasurer's Accounts VI 29.
To be the king ane pair of hois, vj quartaris narrow quhite stemmett, price of the elne viij s.
1532 Treasurer's Accounts VI 76.
Inglis quhite stemmat
1532 Treasurer's Accounts VI 24. 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VI 383.
Broun stemmet of Myllane
1550 Treasurer's Accounts IX 400.
Ane dule belt maid of stemmet of Melan, xvij s.
1551 Dundee B. Ct. II 57b (11 May).
Sex peces of stemmat

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