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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pendent, -ant, n.¹ Also: pand- and -and. [ME. and e.m.E. pendaunt (1322), -ant, -ent, -and(e (15th c.), penndant (c 1325), F. pendant (13th c. in Littré), pres. p. of pendre to hang, used as noun.] Something ornamental which hangs or dangles. a. = Pendas n. b. An ornamental pendent more generally. c. An ornamental wooden terminal or knop suspended from a structure. d. In pandent, (of an ornament) suspended in this way: cf. OF. en pendant.a., b. 1513 Doug. x. ix. 78.
On quhais hed wympillit holy garlandis With thar pendentis lyke to a mytyr standis1568 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 644/1.
Ane greit H of dyamont with ane ruby pendand 1574 Acts III. 84/2.
Ane belt and cowter with ane pandent of gold … with ane pendent of cyphres 1590 Burel Queen's Entry xliii.
Vpon thair forebrows thay did beir … Pendants and carcants shining cleirc. 1628–9 Edinb. Treas. Acc. in Mill Mediæv. Plays 209.
To maister William Fairlie for four greit globbis xvj s. Item for turning of four pendentes xvj s.d. 1567 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 643/2.
Ane gryitt rubye cabowschoun lang and in pandent