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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fleur(e, Flewer, n. Also: flewre, flewyr, -ire, -ar(e, fleoure, fluyre. [OF. fleur, fleiur. Cf. Flevour n.] Smell, odour, scent.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxiv. 554.
Thare-of sic fleure sprang … , That of balme & aromatykis al It oure passit 1513 Doug. xii. v. 199.
Hys lang berd … , Quhilk, scaldyt thus, a strang fleur [R. fleoure] dyd cast 1533 Boece xi. xii. 431.
The fische, quhilk corrupting apon the sand be pestilent fleure infekkit the are 15.. Clar. v. 1594.
All kynd of fleuris in the hall thay flow c1552 Lynd. Mon. 6156.
Thay sall feill sic ane smell Surmountyng far the fleure of erthly flowris 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest. 18.
Escheuand … fleure of stank or corrupt reueir 1653 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 261.
For eschewing of the stinck and flewre aryseing thairby(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiv. 36.
Quhar scho ȝed or stud in stret The fluyre mad the ayre al swete(c) a1500 Henr. Fab. 2022.
The fox the flewer [v.r. flewar] of the fresche hering feillis 1513 Doug. vii. i. 134.
Quhar from the erth … A strang flewyr [R. fleware] thrawis vp in the ayr c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis 113.
Of filth sic flewer straik till his hart 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvi. 26.
To avoyd the deads flewer, they were constrained to bury abroad
