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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Latt(o)un-bras, n. [e.m.E. latin-brass (1676).] ‘Milled brass in thin plates or sheets, used by braziers and for drawing into wire’ (OED.). — 1581 Edinb. Test. IX. 184.
1c wecht of lattoun bras price of the pund vj s. viij d. 1586 Ib. XVI. 365 b.
Ellewin pund wecht of lattun bras at vj s. iiij d. the pund wecht
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