Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1733-1769
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†FINTRUM RING, n. comb. Also fintrim ring. A ring of some base metal or alloy, such as brass or bronze.Mry. 1733 Sc. N. & Q. (1899) XII. 127:
It is recorded in a Presbytery record that the Supervisor to the York Buildings Co. at Garmouth, in 1733, offered a woman a Fintrum ring instead of a gold ring. What is a Fintrum ring?Gsw. 1769 Caled. Mercury (4 March):
She had the address to carry off one of the gold rings, leaving a fintrim one in the room of it.
