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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1508-1591, 1658
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Aproun, Aperoun, n. Also: apron, approun, approwne; aipron, -roune; ayperon. [Late ME. apron, earlier napron, naperon: see Naperon.] An apron.(a) 1508 Edinb. B. Rec. 114 (habilleit with honest apronis). 1513 Doug. xii. iii. 17 (with apronys lycht thai war arrayt). 1547 Treasurer's Accounts IX. 98 (ane aproun of plate). 1558 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 309 (ane bukram approwne). 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 181 (ane new worset aipron). 1591 Criminal Trials I. 253 (ane bairnis aiproune). 1658 Lanark B. Rec. 169 (ane greine sey approun).(b) 1565 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 69 (my bone grace and ayperon). 1577 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 60 (ane hardin aperoun).
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