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Ploum(e, n. Also: plowm(e, ploumb. [ME. and e.m.E. plowme (? a 1366), plowmbe (Cath. Angl.), 16th c. Eng. ploume (once, 1570), OE. plúme fem., MLG. plûme, MHG. pflûme; varr. of MLG., MDu. prûme, OHG. pfrûma, late L. prūna fem. for L. prūnum neut. Cf. late L. prūnus fem. = a plum-tree, also ON. Plóma fem. (? f. OE.). Cf. also Plum n.] A plum, in the usual senses.
1. The plum, the fruit. b. attrib. and comb. 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 290.
To the man that brocht plowmys to the King 1511 Ib. IV. 309.
To ane frutt sellar … for gewin plowmez to the King 1567 Q. Mary in Misc. Maitl. C. III. 187.
Ȝe sall caus him send me all the dry dames plowmis that he hes 1587-99 Hume 30/145.
Sume plucks the honie plowm and peare 1616 Edinb. Test. LIII. 243.
Sex pund wecht past off ploumbis 1638 Household Bk. M. Stewart 30.
For ploumes that my laidy lost att the dyceb. (1) 1502–3 Treas. Acc. II. 358.
For xvc plowme treis to the garding of Strivelin 1668 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 202.
For cutting of thrie ploum treis(2) 1608 Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 65.
Ane ploume yard coft be him
2. The plum tree. = 1 b (1) above. 1526 Stirling B. Rec. I. 26.
He cuttit partis of treis … extending to ix pece of bulisteris chereis and ploumis 1546 Acta Conc. MS. XXI. 54.
Frute treys sic as apill treis peir plowm [etc.] 1662 Edinb. B. Rec. IX. 291.
Upon the syde of the parliament hous plowme and chirrie
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