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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tent, Teynt, n.³ Also: taynt. [e.m.E. tynt (1542), tente (1580), Sp. tinto.] A Spanish red wine. Also wyne tent.(a) 1598 Aberd. B. Rec. II 176.
The best wyne, tovit, hullok and wyne tent 1609 Edinb. Test. XLV 240b.
xiiij pyntis of wyne callit tent price of the pynt xvj s. 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II 621.
They have bene … fed and intertenneit with wyn, tent wyn, seck and maist delicious fair 1640 Edinb. Test. LIX 206.
Aucht gallounes auld Tent 1652 Stirling B. Rec. II 313.
For two pynts of tent 1671 Lauder Jrnl. 251.
For a mutching of tent, a shilling 1679 Haddington Mem. I 230.
For confections … when the duke … was heir and tent and maligo 1689 Foulis Acc. Bk. 104.(b) 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 335.
Teynts(c) 1376 Exch. R. II 526.
Vno dolio de taynt