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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1575-1597

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Bane camb, n. Also: bayne cayme, bayne camb; bane kame; bone kame. [Bane n.1 3 c.] A bone comb. —1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 363 (xxij bane kames). 1583 Ib. XII. 340 (fyve bayne caymes). 1586 Ib. XVI. 126 b (ane bayne camb).1597 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 117.
Ane caice of bone kames

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