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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1475-1513
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Cloudy, Clowdy, a. [ME. cloudy (c 1300), clowdy (OE. clúdiᵹ rocky, hilly).] Cloudy, clouded. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1661.
With clowdy gaddering of myrknes Clethand him c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 7.
Quhen old Saturn his cloudy cours had gon 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 8.
To entyr … In clowdy skyis vndre Capricorn 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 23.
The skyis clowdy mantill wall
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