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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1384, 1483-1685
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Fryin(g) pan, Frything pan, n. Also: fryane pane. [ME. fryinge panne (1382).] A frying-pan.(a) 1384 Exchequer Rolls III. 110.
De j miour et frvinpan 1483 Acts Lords Auditors *119/2.
A guse pan, … a fryinpan 1500 Acts Lords of Council II. 468.
Two spetis, … ane fryane pane 1565 Protocol Book of J. Scott 24 b.
In the kitching, ane frying pan 1588 King Catechism Prayers 27 (see Fry v. 2).(b) 1611 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI. 340 b.
Four frything pans weyand ane stane half stane wecht 1627 Mun. Univ. Glasg. III. 529.
Ane goospan; ane frything pan 1645 Edinburgh Testaments LXI. 115.
Ane irne frything pane and ane flaming irne 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 365.
A graiter of whyte iron; 2 frything pans
b. A warming-pan. 1530 Balmerino and L. Chart. ii. 33.
Ane chaifer, … ane fryin pan for the bed
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