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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: 1420, 1533

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Fallace, n. [ME. fallace (c 1300), OF. fallace, L. fallācia.] Deceitfulness, trickery. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 1730.
Kyng Edward … tretyd hym in till that case As ay the Deweyle dois in fallase
1533 Boece vi. ii. 188.
God gif thé sorowe … with all thy decepciouns and fallace

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