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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tanker(t, n. Also: tancker, tankart, -d, tanquard. [ME and e.m.E. tancard (1310), tankard (1352), tanckerd (1566), tanker (1601), MDu. tanckaert, F. tanquart.] A tankard.1380 Exch. R. III 43.
Tankardis, vasis ligneis 1513 Doug. iii viii 38.
My fader … A mekil tankart [Ruddim. tankert] with wyne fild 1578 Maxwell Mem. 312.
Tanquard 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII 287.
Ane tine saltfatt, ane tanker sevine stubies 1653 Edinb. Test. LXVII 10.
xj quhyt irone tankers 1655 Edinb. Test. LXVIII 125b.
Tancker 1687 Montgomery Mem. II 341.
Ane coper tanker 1693 Edinb. Test. LXXX 32b.
A bigg silver tanker 1693 Foulis Acc. Bk. 158.
For a tanker to Babie 1707 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 175.
A tin tanker
