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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mont-, Munt-, Mounter, -o(u)r(e, n. Also: mwntar, -ir, montur. [F. montre (17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.). Only Sc.] A watch.Also fig.(a) 1594 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 107.
To … exerce his craft of monteris making 1600 Hist. Fam. Seton 894.
My montur 1602 Treas. Acc. MS. 204 b.
Gevin for mending of his montour [36/8d.] 1621 Edinb. Test. LI. 56.
Ane brasine monter to stand vpon ane tabill 1633 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II. 191.
Montor 1640 Pittenweem Ann. 42.
Ane littell monter (b) 1615 Highland P. III. 225.
I pray your lo. … lovse my mvntour fra Pettfindie for 48 lib. 1628 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 267.
Ane mwntar pryce [£66/13/4d.] 1635 Wm. Brereton Trav. (Cheth. Soc.) 188.]
[Speech in Scotland. We call here … a watch, a munter 1637 Edinb. Test. LVIII. 62.
Ane auld munter pryce thairof ten li. Ib. 88.
Stryking mwntir of gold with ane waukner pryce thairof iiij s. merkis Ib. 143.
Ane wach or muntor pryce thairof xj lib. 1642 Ib. LX. 127 b.
Ane enamelett munter of gold 1644 Acts VI. (1819) 152/1.
Clocks watches and munters 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII. 69.
Ane stryking muntar pryce thairof xl lib. 1654 Ib. LXVIII. 14.fig. 1639 Baillie I. 186.
A laudable curiositie to understand and behold all the strings of that muntoure(c) 1615 Highland P. III. 267.
My mounter 1620 Grant Chart. 329.
For mending of the lardis mountour … [£3/6/8d.] 1651 Rep. Eglinton Mun. No. 97.
Mounters 16.. Drummond in Soc. Ant. IV. 80.
He who stole the mare asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter

b. Attrib. and comb. — 1621 Maxwell Mem. I. 330.
For arillis of your twa muntour caissis … is. iiii d. 1643 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 25.
Onlie … to goldsmythis, to bookbinders, to mounter makers [etc.]