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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1537-1538, 1596-1638
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Marmor(e, -our, n. [L. marmor.] Marble. = Marbil(l n., Marbre n.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 888.
A kyrk … Of marmore mad a1400 Ib. xlii. 276.
Marmour a1538 Abell 8 a.
This tempill wes of quhit marmor 1596 Dalr. I. 132/10.
The sentences of this contracte in marmor war hewin 1602 Crawford Mining P. 12 Oct.
The inyndis of gold … and of all vther minerallis (except irne and marmore) 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. 90.
Some characters cunninglie incisde … In solid marmor(2) a1538 Abell 63 b.
The fataill marmour(3) 1596 Dalr. I. 79/2.
This marmore stane in forme of a chyre 1596 Ib. marg.
The marmor chyre is the Scottis chyre of destinie 1596 Ib. 129/31.
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