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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thorn(e)bak, n. [ME and e.m.E. þornebake (a1300), thornebakke (1392), thorne-backe (1594), thornback (1599).] The common ray or skate (Raia clavata), or a related species of fish. — 1572 Inverness Rec. I 223.
Ane thousand skayt gude and sufficient merchant wayr thornebak and maik, beand accept 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii 23.
Raia, the thornbak
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