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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ploum(e)-damas, -dames, n. Also: plowm(e)-, ploome- and -dameis, -damiss, -dalmes; -demes. [Ploum(e n. and Damas n. 2.] A damson plum; a dried plum or prune. = Plum-damas n.Sometimes written as two words.See also dames plowm, Ploum(e n. 1.(a) 1503 Halyb. 271.
xii li. plowm damas cost ii s. iii g. 1578 Edgar Hist. Dumfries App. 262.
Ploumdames 1583 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 278.
Plowmdames 1592 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 117.
[Five pounds of] plowmdameis [16 s. 8 d.] 1597 Household Bks. Jas. VI 7 Jan.
Plow[m]dames Ib. 3 Feb.
Ploumdalmes 1613 Stirling Merch. Guild 33.
Ploumedames 1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. 182.
Ploumdameis 1616 Ib. XLIX. 160 b.
Plowmedames 1643 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III. 536.
Ane little yetling pot for stoving of ploumdemes 1671 Thanes of Cawdor 323.
Ploumdamas(b) 1618 Dundee Shipping L. 293.
Tua teirce of ploomedamiss
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