A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Diffule, v. [Var. of Defule v.] tr. To defile. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 381.
He … had me felly diffulyt now a1400 Ib. xxxii. 387.
To diffule hyre thru lychery
