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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1618-1630, 1697
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Ingrainit, -granit, -grained, -grand, a. [e.m.E. ingrayned (1561). Cf. Engranyt.] Dyed in grain; fast dyed. b. fig. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 366 (M).
He graythit me … In gownis of ingranit clayth 1618 Edinburgh Testaments L. 164.
Sevin elnis … tannie velvot ingrainit 1697 Dundee B. Laws 561.
All litting by weight is discharged … except bodayes and ingrand collers, such as scarletb. 1630 Rutherford Lett. (1675) iii. 156.
The bloudy tongues, crafty foxes, double ingrained hypocrites
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