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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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STAINCHEON, n. Also stenchion, stention. Sc. forms of Eng. stanchion, an iron bar of a window (Ork., Cai., Bnff. 1971). See also Stainchel, Staincher.Abd. 1707–15 Abd. Jnl. N. & Q. VIII. 57, 246:
For takeing out four slentins [sic]. . . . For slaping a window in the sellar of my dualling house . . . for stentions and tackits to it 16½ shil.Ags. 1798 Edb. Weekly Jnl. (15 Aug.):
Cutting one of the staincheons of the window in the room where she was confined.Sth. 1828 C. D. Bentinck Dornoch (1926) 363:
The want of Stenchions upon the Court room windows.
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