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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1624-1689
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Ranis(c)h(e, adj. (absol.). Also: rainische. [Late var. of Rinis adj.] Rhenish (wine). Also absol. = Rhenish wine. — 1624 Edinburgh Testaments LII 256.
Thrie barrellis ranische wyne 1637 Ib. LVIII 243.
Ranisch wyne 1664 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp in Misc. Maitl. C. II 512.
Rainische 1665 Ib. 528.
Ranishe 1670 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III 221.
Spanish, Ranish and Brandie wines 1687 Glasgow B. Rec. III 395. —absol. 1689 Dunlop P. III 53.
Very good ranish from Holand
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