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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1501, 1579-1603, 1680-1684
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Mony-, Mon(n)icord, n. [Sc. var. of Monocord.] A monochord. Also plur. as sing. and in pair of monicordis, id.(1) 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 378.
Monycord, organe, tympane, and cymbell(2) c1450-2 Howlat 758.
The crovde, and the monycordis, the gittyrnis gay 1603 Elgin Rec. II. 398.
To instruct … the ȝowthe … to play vpoun all musicall instrumentis speciallie virginallis, monicordis, luit, seister(3) 1497 Treasurer's Accounts I. 329.
For bering of a pare of monicordis of the Kingis fra Abirdene to Striuelin 1579 Edinburgh Testaments VII. 176.
Ane pair of monycordis 1680 Moncreiffs 665. 1684 Brechin Testaments VII. 117.
Ane pair of old monnicords estimat to iij lib.
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