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Quotation dates: 1590
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(Grain-,) Grane-litt, n. [Grain n.1 6, Litt n.] Grain-dye, the dye made from kermes. —1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXII. 97 b.
Of grane-litt nyne pund wecht at ix li. the pund wecht