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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1596, 1649
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Amber, Ambir, n. Also: ambre. [e.m.E. amber, ambre, ME. ambyr, aumbre, etc., OF. ambre.] Amber.1596 Dalr. I. 47/31 (this mater called succine or ambre); 48/7 (a waichtie masse of amber). 1649 Wemyss Chart. 233 (an pair of ambir braslits).
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