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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disordo(u)r, v. [Late ME. disordre (1477), -order.] tr. To throw into disorder; to disturb. — 1533 Boece viii. x. 273 b.
Saxouns … removit fra the feild and disordorit … gaif the bak a1586 Lindsay MS. 66 b.
Gif it wer thus … strenth of curaige suld disordour the ordour of cheualrye 1587 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 489.
That nane of thame be fund disordoring or trubling the streits
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