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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1535, 1614-1639
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Cannowse, Cannowes, Cannous, n. Also: kennous.Assimilated form of canuos Canves. — 1535 Master of Works Accounts IV. 82.
For the calfalting of ane part of the plat forme ruiff ... with pyk and cannous c1614 Mure Dido i. 132.
The azure face … with cannowse wings they quickly overpasse 1637 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II. 438.
[To restore] ane cannowes [wrongously taken] 1639 Baillie I. 211.
The crowners lay in kennous lodges … the sojours about all in hutts of timber
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