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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ovin, n. Also: ovine, -yn, -en(e, owin, -yn(e, -en. Plur. also oovnes. [ME. and e.m.E. oven (13th c.), owyn (1477), etc., early ME. and OE. ofen, ofn: cf. Uven and Une.] An oven. Also attrib. with -hous.(a) 14.. Burgh Laws c. 71 (B).
Nane sal hafe in his ovyn ma servandis na iiii Ib.
Ouyn 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i. 121.
His awin oven for baiking of bread 1633 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 381.
Ovene Ib. 382.
Ovin 1643 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III. 536.
Ane yron harle that draws the oven Ib. 537.
Ovine(b) 15.. Aberd. B. Rec. MS. (Jam.).
The soiling of ane owyne, & vprysing of the soill thairof 1596 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 589.
Repairing the owen off Mr. Robert Bruces 1602 Elgin Rec. II. 106.
For hawing his owin gangand, baikand meat 1615–16 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 362.
For leiding pend to the owen in the abbay, xxviij s. 1687 Montgomery Mem. II. 341.
Ane brasse owen(c) 1601 Elgin Rec. II. 96.
Oovnesattrib. 1518 Treas. Acc. V. 148.
To Schaw, the Kingis mastir kuk, for j owynhous biggit in the castell