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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.
Croun(e)-as, n. [Cf. As n.] A superior kind of pot-ash. — 1564 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 43.
vij barrell of fyne crovne ase 1579 Edinb. Test. VII. 164.
Foure barrellis of croun as & ane barrell of bas 1583 Ib. XII. 300 b.
xviij barrell of croun as
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