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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1635-1647
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(Untwynit,) Untwyned, -tuyned, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. untwin'd (1649); Twynit ppl. adj.] a. Of thread: Untwisted. b. Of cloth: Woven from untwisted threads. —a. 1635 Edinburgh Testaments LVII 225.
Certane vntuyned threid estimat to thrie shillingis —b. 1647 Edinburgh Testaments LXIII 84.
iij c wecht of vntwyned worset
