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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.

Eclips, Eclyps, v. [ME. eclipse (Gower), late L. eclipsāre.] a. intr. To suffer eclipse. b. tr. To obscure. —c1400 Troy-bk. i. 562.
Quhen that he saw … The sone eclyps 1513 Doug. i. xi. 96.
The monys change … sang he, And quhy the son eclipsis c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1791.
So dirk eclipsit wes his glore

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