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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1615, 1692-1698
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Transsom(e, Transum(pt, n. [e.m.E. traunson(e (1487-8), transom (1502).] A cross-piece. Also attrib. —1615 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 361.
To the quarieris for ane grit lintill twa transsomes [etc.] —1692 Foulis Acc. Bk. 147.
To John Bonar for 2 transum plaits, 1 swibar plait, a perch plait 1698 Foulis Acc. Bk. 241.
15 pund of iron to be transumpt plates
