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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1501, 1621-1640
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Fla, n. [ME. flee, fle, OE. fléa. The Sc. vowel is irregular.] a. A fly. b. A flea. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 159.
Quhy is [it] that alytil fla Has sex fete & wengis twa? 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 660.
Me thocht you had nouther force … nor will for till haue greiuit ane fla 1621-40 Melville Commonpl. Bk. 48.
The hungrie flais that friskes so fast
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