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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stommager, Stammager, Stam(m)inger, n. Also: stoemenger, -meingor, stoeimeingor, stoimeinger, stoemger. [Late ME and e.m.E. stomager (1450), stomachere (c1450), stomacher (1535).] = Stomak n. 3. a stomacher. 1603 Treas. Acc. MS 227.
Four stommageris wrocht with gold and siluir for hir hienes vse 1632 14th Rep. Hist. MSS App. iii 235.
Ane blak sattin goun … with kirtill, sleives and stammager of the same conforme c1632 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 28b.
Stoeimeingor c1632 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 28b.
Stoemeingor c1632 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 29.
Ane govne dowblet & stoemger 1633 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 30.
To cover the back stoimeinger and paitlet of the govne v quarteris of camlet 1636 Edinb. Test. LVII 257b.
Ane blak satene gowne with carnatioun skirt and stammager c1640 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 43b.
For ane buistis to the stoemenger, iij s. 1647 Edinb. Test. LXIII 6.
Ane goune ane skirt ane stamminger with ane lan ruff and ane velvot busk 1648 Thanes of Cawdor 307.
A pair of whalbone bodys and a staminger 1687 Montgomery Mem. 339.
Ane staminger for a woman's goun