A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Floorish, a. [f. floor Flour n.] Flowery. —c1590 Fowler I. 95/3.
I was not borne besyde that floorish [It. fiorito] nest, fair Florence toun
