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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1456, 1563-1570

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Defensive, a. [ME. defensive, -sif (c 1400), OF. defensif, -ive, med. L. defensivus.] Serving or intended for defence. —1456 Hay I. 142/27.
All armes, bath armes invasives and defensives 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 48.
Ane ligue defensive aganis the power of the greate

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