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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1620-1628
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Min(n)ies calf(f, Mynies calff, n. Some kind of material: ? cf. wemenis caffa (1621), Caffa n. — 1620 Edinburgh Testaments L. 273 b.
Tua elnis of minies calff at aucht pundis the elne 1628 Ib. LIV. 241.
Ane burret cloke layit out in the breists & neke with minnies calf. Ane cloik lynit … with mynies calff
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