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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tunyk, Tunick, Twnyk, n. [17th c. Eng. tunike (1609), tunick (1661), OE tunece, F. tunique, L. tunica.] = Tunykill n. 1. —1541 Ecclesia Antiqua 283.
Albis, tunykkis, copis 1559 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I lxxxix.
For the altare … a chesabill, 4 tunicks, 3 stols, [etc.] 1569 Inv. Q. Mary 184.
Ane caipe, ane chesible, and tua twnykis

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