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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1488, 1547-1674
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Dunmont, -mond, n. Also: dunmontht, -mant, -men(t; dunmell. [Var. of Dinmond.] A year-old wether.(a) 1488 Acts Lords Auditors 119/2.
xxij gymmer & dunmont, xij ȝowis 1547 Reg. Great S. 50/2 n.
231 wedderis, 150 gymmer and dunmond 1549 Protocol Book of Sir Alexander Gaw 6.
Of gymmyr and dunmontht and trintell thre scoir 1626 Edinburgh Testaments LIV. 19 b.
xl gymmer & dunmond 1633 Lithgow Poet. Rem. 101.
He goes abroad to summond, Thome, Will, and Dick, the heard scarce worth a dunmond 1674 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 376.
[To pay 4 merks for] ilk gimmer & dunmond, and 40 s. for the hogg(b) 1653 Edinburgh Testaments LXVI A. 75.
Tuentie ȝewes and ten dunmentis 1661 Ib. LXX. 45 b.
Of gimmers and dunmens lxx, at xl s. the peice 1667 Kelso Baillie Ct. 70 b.
Nyne yowes and ane dunmant(c)1597 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 389.
Dunmellis and wedderis
