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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tem(m)in(g, n. Also: temmyng, temmeyne, temein, teeming, tamine. [e.m.E. tamin (1552), F. étamine (OF estamine); Stemming n.] A variety of cloth, prob. = Stemming n. Also pl. Cf. Temmet(t n., Temmie n.(a) 1561 Treas. Acc. XI 95.
iij elnis … of blak stamyng to hir gracis garderobe … ij elnis … of temming 1562–3 Treas. Acc. XI 237.
xij elnis of temmyng to the garderope 1566–7 Treas. Acc. XII 45.
Ane steik of blak temmyng 1611 Edinb. Test. XLVI 253.
ix elne of temmeyne at xvij s. the elne 1618 Edinb. Test. L 164.
Black temein at xx s. the elne 1620 Edinb. Test. L 352b.
Thrie elnis sad philamort temming at iij lib. the elne 1635 Edinb. Test. LVII 55.
Ane hundreth … ellis of silk temming at xxx s. the elne … four scoir … elnes … of worsett temming at xx s. the elne 1647 Edinb. Test. LXIII 142.
Black stuff callit stampit teming 1649 Edinb. Test. LXIV 183.
Hair temmin 1684 Edinb. City Archives Letters II 32.
Let me know if you will have Scots temmin or other 16… Bk. Dunvegan 196.
Teeming, engrain [£1 10 s., Scots] … Teeming, hair [£3 10 s., Scots](b) Urquhart Rabelais i lvi.
Their stockins were of tamine [F. estamet] or of cloth-sergepl. 1697 Dundee B. Laws 561.
We so born down with small pryces for … litting by weight such as … temins and curells by weight, which will taick ten ell or therby to each pund