A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1617, 1688
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Trigon, Trigyne, n. [e.m.E. trygon (1563), trigon (1589), L. trigōn- triangle, f. the Gk.] a. Appar., a triangular wooden framework. b. A set of three signs of the zodiac, 120° apart, as if at the angles of an equilateral triangle. —a. 1617 Mylne Master Masons 107.
Item, for six tries … to help the trigyne that the Croce was sett on at 30 s. ilk trie … the Croce of Edinburgh was this day put upon the new seat —b. 1688 Sinclair Doctrine Sphere 13.
The signs [of the zodiac] are divided into four triplicities, which are called by astrologers trigons
