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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1586-1616
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Sentiner, n. Also: sentenar(e, (sentnier, -iar), sentenell, sentinall, sentrell, -aill, sentren(e, sentere. [Var. of Cent(i)ner n. and Centrell n. 17th c. Eng. usage of Germ. centner (1683 in OED), med. L. centenarium, centena (c1178, a1204 in Latham) (a) hundredweight.] A hundredweight(a) 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI 267b.
Ane sentiner and thrie gaddis of steill weyand all ten stane wecht 1596 Edinburgh Testaments XXIX 299b.
Ane sentenar of pannis weyand sex stane wecht price of the pund wecht ix s. 1614 Dundee Shipping L. 252.
Ten sentnier [? read sentiner] of lead 1614 Dundee Shipping L. 252.
Ane sentniar [? read sentinar] lead 1615 Dundee Shipping L. 263.
Sentenare(b) 1589-1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 44b.
For ane half sentenell of pouder … vi pound peses 1615 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 366.
Payit to Alexander Bailyie for thre sentinall and fyve singill barrel of pulder(c) 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV 59.
Ane sentraill and thre gadis of steill weyand aucht stane wecht and ane half stane 1589 Dundee Shipping L. 227.
Tua sentrellis of pulder 1615 Dundee Shipping L. 263.
3 quarteris sentrell of pewther … halff sentrell of pewtter [etc.](d) 1616 Edinburgh Testaments XLIX 181b.
Tua sentrens and ane halff of poulder at lx lib. the sentrene(e) 1593 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 79.
A half barrel puder … contenand of wecht wryttin with keill thairon of ane sentere and 18 lib. wecht
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