A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1503, 1562-1607, 1660
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Barn-kyln, n. [Barn n.] A kiln attached to a barn. Barnmaill, the rent of a barn. Barn-man, a worker in a barn, a thresher. Barn-sted, the site of a barn. —1563 Inchaffray Reg. 96.
The few deutie … of the barne kyln —1583 St. A. Test. II. 15 b.
For the hows and barn maill 1660 Melrose R. Rec. I. 279.
For barne maill —1562–3 Inverness B. Rec. I. 101.
Ane of four barnemen quhilkis rassauit the pruiff of the samyn [aittis] 1566 Reg. Privy C. I. 460.
His barneman being threscheand —1503 Lanark B. Rec. 13.
Quhen Will Make tuk the barn sted1607 Reg. Great S. 687/2.
Rudam terre cum horto et lie barnested
