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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1531
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Bassinat, n. [Of obscure origin, unless the same as Basinet.] A kind of fish described by Boece. — 1531 Bell. Boece II. 179.
Ane multitude of fische was sene in Forth … callit by the pepil Bassinatis [L. nostri bassinates vocant]
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