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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1583-1629
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Flukit, Flooked, a. [f. Fluke n.2] Barbed. — 1583 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 103.
[The assailants] schot me … throu the arme with ane flwkit arrow 1629 Boyd Last B. I. 14.
Death … with its sting, like a flooked dart, for to pierce thorow the heart of men
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