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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Canarie, n. Also: canary, -aree, -erie; cannar(i)e; kenn-, kinnarie. Plur. kinairies. [e.m.E. Canarie(s), F. Canarie.] a. attrib. Of or from the Canary Islands. b. Canary wine. c. Also in plur. (e.m.E. Canaries id., 1592) as the name of the dance.a. 1574 Edinb. Test. III. 66 b.
Tuelf pund wecht of cannare succour
Ib. 319.
Canary sucker
1604–5 Misc. Spald. C. V. 77.
Twa quartis Frensche wyne, and ane pynt Cannarie wyne
b. 1640 Maxwell Mem. II. 276.
If thare bee good seke, canaree or malgoe, … bye ane but
1664 Household Bks. Abp. Sharp 11.
For vyne claret and kinnarie
Ib. 11b.
For a quart of kennarie
1680 Foulis Acc. Bk. 19.
For a chopin canerie

c. ? 1655 Brittane's Late Letanie in Fugitive Poetry II. xxviii. 2/2.
Dansers of the old Kinairies

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