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: 1584-1585
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Efface, v. [Late ME. (Caxton) and e.m.E. (1611), F. effacer.] tr. To obliterate. —a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xlix. 49.
Ȝea certainlie we sould efface Pollux and Castoris memorie