A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1663-1666
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Kintre(i)kin(e, n. [e.m.E. kynterkyn. kinderkin, MDu. kindekijn.] = Kildekin, Kinkin. — 1663–6 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp 46.
For a kintreikin of aill [£5/3/0] 1663–6 Ib. 47.
Kintrekine
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