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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.

Quotation dates: 1558-1585

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Factious, -tius, a. [e.m.E. faccious (1532), factious, F. factieux, L. factiōsus.] Given to, marked by, faction or dissension. —1558 Kennedy Tractive 101.
Sum factius and curius men 1567 Reg. Privy C. I. 505.
Certain factious and seditious persons 1585 Acts III. 405/2.
Quhilk decreit … being gevin … in ane factious tyme [etc.]

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