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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1582-1617

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Coloratly, adv. [f. Colorat,ppl.a.] Disguisedly; under false colours. —1582 Declar. Causis 9.
The K. Maiestie hes bene persuadit to allow that the Ministeris suld be put at, not plainlye bot indirectly and coloratly a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI 49.
Some were directit to Queene Marie coloratly, as though they had bein hir friends

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