A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plancheoun-naill, n. Also: plainscheoun-, plaineschone-, plainssume-naill; plansho-nail. (Var. of Plansc(h)our-nail(l n., with consonant assimilation. Cf. Plencheoun-nail n. and Planscheill-naill n.) —1599 Paisley B. Rec. 227.
Plaineschone naills 1600–2 Montrose Treas. Acc. MS.
Coft four hundreth and halff hundreth plansho nailis xl s. vj d. 1629–30 Misc. Spald. C. V. 103.
[150] single plancheoun naillis and … [75] double plainscheoun naills, 1 lib. 7 s. 1643–4 Aberd. Shore Wk. Acc. 283.
For half honder dubel plainssume naills
