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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1607-1699
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Tosting-irne, n. Also: tostin(e)- and -airne, -iron(e. [e.m.E. tosting iron (Shakespeare) a sword.] An instrument for toasting bread, etc. at an open fire, a toasting fork.1607 Edinburgh Testaments XLIII 201b.
Ane tosting irne ane speit 1615 Edinburgh Testaments XLVIII 179a.
Ane tosting irne ane porring irne 1635 Haddington Corr. 303.
Ane laydle, ane skumer, … ane tostin airne 1648 Edinburgh Testaments LXIV 81b.
Twa tostine irones and ane flaming irne 1661 Edinburgh Testaments LXX 154b.
Ane flammer twa fleshcrooks with ane tosting irone worth xij s. 1664 Inventory 4 in Decr. Dalr. XI.
Ane flesh hook … ane tosting iron 1674 Edinburgh Testaments LXXV 13a.
Ane brander, tosting iron, and flech cruik 1699 Foulis Acc. Bk. 252.
For a tosting iron 10 s.
