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: 1400, 1456, 1566-1589
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Facioun, n. Also: facoune, -con. [ME. facioun, -ion(e, etc., varr. of fasyon, fasoun, etc. Cf. Fassioun, Fassoun.] Fashion. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1255.
In the facoune Of hys slyghtfull … sermoune 1456 Hay I. 200/21.
He … techit him all the facioun 1566 Inv. Wardrobe 171.
Certane … hernes of the French facioun 1589 Reg. Privy C. IV. 445.
Fair peceis of the lyke sorte and facon
