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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1474, 1562-1563
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Deformar(e, n. [f. Deform(e v. Cf. e.m.E. deformer (1592).] One who deforms. — 1474 Edinb. B. Rec. 29.
For stanching of deformaris and babillaris of the werk 1562-3 Winȝet I. 26/3.
The ane is knawin to be the principall deformare of his allegit reformatioun
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