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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Canarie, n. Also: canary, -aree, -erie; cannar(i)e; kenn-, kinnarie. Plur. kinairies. [e.m.E. Canarie(s), F. Canarie.] a. attrib. Of or from the Canary Islands. b. Canary wine. c. Also in plur. (e.m.E. Canaries id., 1592) as the name of the dance.a. 1574 Edinb. Test. III. 66 b.
Tuelf pund wecht of cannare succour Ib. 319.
Canary sucker 1604–5 Misc. Spald. C. V. 77.
Twa quartis Frensche wyne, and ane pynt Cannarie wyneb. 1640 Maxwell Mem. II. 276.
If thare bee good seke, canaree or malgoe, … bye ane but 1664 Household Bks. Abp. Sharp 11.
For vyne claret and kinnarie Ib. 11b.
For a quart of kennarie 1680 Foulis Acc. Bk. 19.
For a chopin canerie

c. ? 1655 Brittane's Late Letanie in Fugitive Poetry II. xxviii. 2/2.
Dansers of the old Kinairies