A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1531, 1584-1585
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Flechour, Fleichour, n. Also: flechowr, -eour, fleschour, fleicheour, fleitschour. [f. Fleche v. Cf. Fleachear.] One who fleeches.c1420 Wynt. vi. 1773.
Amang thame wes fals flechowrys than c1460 Thewis Wysmen 139.
Fleichours and fulys thai hate c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxiii. 39.
Fenȝeouris, fleichouris, and flatteraris 1531 Bell. Boece II. 213.
He banist all … vane flecheouris, out of his hous a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxviii. 158.
Gif I dar the treuth declair, & nane me fleitschour call
