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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: <1700, 1700

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†LENT, n. A lens, for a microscope, etc.Sc. 1699 R. Wodrow Early Letters (S.H.S.) 10:
Buy also a dozen of small lents, scales or object glasses for the fine microscopes.

[Ad. Lat. lent-, stem of lens, a lentil. The scientific usage of lens appears in Eng. about the same period. Lent in the sense of lentil appears only in Mid.Eng.]

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