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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1606
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Fed(d)rame, Fed(d)rem, n. Also: feddyrame, fedramme, fed(d)erem, fed(d)rum. [Var. of Fetherame.] A coat of feathers; plumage.c1450-2 Howlat 887.
Dame Natur … necht in ane, For to ferme this federem a1500 Henr. Fab. 64.
Ane cok, … with feddrame fresche and gay c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 60.
A fedrem on he tuke And schupe in Turky for to fle c1500-c1512 Ib. 105.
He scheure his feddreme that was schene 1513 Doug. iv. v. 92.
Slyde with thi feddyrame to ȝon Troiane prynce 1513 Ib. x. iv. 63.
The lusty swannys fedrame, brycht and scheyn 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 206.
My form and feddrem fair Abufe the prude pacoke war precellande 1570 Sempill Sat. P. xv. 39.
Ȝe plesand paun and papingaw, … tak the feddrum of the craw a1605 Montg. Son. xiii. 9.
As the phoenix with her fedrum fair Excels all foulis 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xv. 23.
I think it wold make our craw-down fedrum fal
