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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1600
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Embusch(e)ment, n. [ME. embuschement, embusshement (Chaucer), var. of Enbusch(e)ment.] Ambush. — 1513 Doug. ix. viii. 114.
So sairly knyt that maner embuschment [Sm. embuchement] Semyt to be a clos volt quhar thai went 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. Pray. 3.
Al the embuschements and incursions of the infernel spirits of hel
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