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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1502-1654
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Bound, n.2 Also: bwnd, bond; bowne; bunne. [ME. bonde (15th c.), Flem. bond.] A bundle, esp. of flax. 1502 Halyb. 274.
Pakit in the samyn [poncion] 6 boundis of lynt, cost 3 ½ g. ilk bond 1513 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 509.
iij bwnd of wyir. [at] viij s. the bound 1555 Criminal Trials I. 380.]
[34 boundis of hemp 1567 Edinburgh Testaments I. 29 b.
Thre boundis of lynt weyand foure stanis 1567 Ib. 59.
Twa boundis of quhite threid 1567 Ib. 338 b.
xxiij boundis holyflask lint, euery bound ane stane & ane half 1584 Ib. XIII. 334 b.
Ane bound of lynt weyand ane stane & ten pund wecht 1593 Ib. XXV. 130 b.
Ane bound of pasmentis of silk, contening in wecht tua pund xj vnce wecht 1596 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 168.
A buirding or bound of lynt, [to pay] twa penneis 1610 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI. 98 b.
Tuentie thrie bownes of hesp threid 1614 Dundee Shipping L. 252.
Ane bound hemp 1654 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 287.
Certane [iron] splitts, for aucht schillings the bound 1654 Elgin Rec. I. 297.
He sold two bunnes of lint to Francis Ross wyfe
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