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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1552-1587
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Pine trie, Pyne tre. (ME. and e.m.E. pine tre (Cursor M.), pyne tre (Cath. Angl.), pintre (Caxton), OE. Píne tréo(w, a pine tree.) = Pine n.2 a. — a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 289.
The emprys tale of the pynetre And the gardynere c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1369.
Noyis arke … Of pyne trie maid 1587 Carmichael Etym. 45.
Pinus, a pine trie
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