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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1492-1542
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Tossone, Toson, n. [17th c. Eng. toyson (1623), F. toison (d'or) fleece (of gold).] A fleece. Also ? coll. pl. —1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 283/26.
Quhen Jasone come to the Ile of Calcas in the conquest of the tossone & fleis of gold ?1542 Protocol Book of Sir William Corbet 23.
I was awaye … aye quhyll the nest Sondaye that I was [in] the barne ij s. at held the toson
