† lewynn.
Obsolete.
A kind of linen cloth.
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lewyn1360
crest-clothc1430
homplec1450
busk1458
kreyscloth1507
middlegood1567
botano1604
Britannias1699
green cloth1700
tandem1747
Russia sheeting1749
damassé1864
1360 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. iii Et xij ulnæ de leuwyn pro mappis.
1373 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1878) II. 444 In empcione triginta quinque vlnarum de levyne, varii precii, xx s. x d.
1390–1 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 80 Et pro lewyn pro dictis torches et torticiis.
c1485 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 366 De panno lineo vocato lewan.
c1485 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 368 j par linthiaminum de lewane.
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