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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1456-1590, 1649-1664
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Cheyn(e, Chyne, n. Also: chein; chine, schyne. [ME. cheyn, chyne: cf. Chene and Chenȝe.] A chain. Also attrib. with tether.(a) 1375 Barb. xvii. 623.
With ane stark cheyne [to] hald thame thar 1456 Hay I. 44/25.
The quhilk fand all thir maneris of irnis, cheynes, fettris, and boys, to prisoun men withall c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlii. 26.
Thai … fetterit me but lok or cheyne 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 36.
Thou cheyn of luf, … Quhou hard strenys thi bandis euery wight 1535 Stewart 799.
The langar ay that he laborit thairin, He fand thair wit the langar ay in cheyne a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xvi. 77.
God … hes maid thé instrument and mein With maryage to cowpill in ane chein Thir tua realmes a1570-86 Ib. xxxiv. 43.
Thair huddis, thair cheynes, thair garnysyngis 1589 Waus Corr. II. 438.
Ane goldin chein of fyne puir gold 1590 Ib. 462.
I haife ressauit ane of the vessis [sic] that hais your cheyn 1649 St. A. Presb. 148.
Ionet Miller … declaris, that she came and looked in at Elspet Seithes door, [and] did sie hir drawing a cheyne tether(b) 1649 Edinburgh Testaments LXIV. 253.
Ane gold schyne weyand ane vnce fyftene drape 1664 Maxwell Mem. 342.
The iron chyne of the hors milne
