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Quotation dates: 1532
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Jaw(e)-stane, n. [Jaw v.; Stane n. Cf. Jawer-stone.] ? A domestic sink made of stone in a scullery. (Cf. the mod. dial. jaw-box in a similar sense.) — 1532 Master of Works Accounts II. 61.
To ane masoun for ane jawe stane to the dressory 1532 Ib. 61 b.
For hewing of the said jawe stane & inputting of irne bottis that beris the samin 1532 Ib.
To the sawaris for sawin of ane spare for ane troucht to ane jawe stane 1532 Ib. 63.
Bottis that beris the trouch of the jaw stane
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