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: 1375-1420, 1513
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Flechand, Fleichand, ppl. a. [f. Fleche v.] Flattering, insincere. —1375 Barb. v. 619.
With fals wordis flechand c1420 Wynt. vi. 1809 (W).
Amangis thaim was a flechand man 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 55.
The fals flechand [R. fleichand] Vlixes
