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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: 1569-1641, 1694

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Flourit, Flowrit, ppl. a. Also: flooret, flour(e)d, flowred. [ME. floured (c 1350). Cf. Florit a.] Flowered. —a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitland Folio MS cxliv. 11. (
Deathe followis lyfe … Devoring frute and flowrit graynes
c 1614 Rep. Hist. MSS. I. 139.
Thertie yeardis of flowrit tafetie
1641 Edinburgh Testaments LIX. 278 b.
Sex ellis of flooret velvett
1694 Inchmahome Pr. 160.
Ane floured silver dish, and ane plaine one

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