A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fluris, Flurish, n. Also: flurise, -eis(e, -ische, fleureis. [f. Flurisv. Only Sc. and northern E. dial. in this sense. See also Floorish n., Floris(c)h.] Blossoms, bloom.1461 Liber Plusc. 381.
God of nature, quhilk all the eird honouris With fruyt and fulye, with herbe, fluris and flouris a1500 Colk. Sow Proh. 42.
So may he lyknit be A fair flureis fadit in a falty tre 1549 Compl. 38/2.
The borial blastis … hed chaissit the fragrant flureise of euyrie frute tree … far athourt the feildis Ib. 171/21.
The quhyt fleureis of green treis 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1564.
This ȝoung imp … [to] distroy, or it bure frute or flurische c1590 J. Stewart 19/138.
On tender tuists vith flurise freschlie spred 1587-99 Hume iii. 97. Ib. 103.
The flurishes and fragrant flowres … Casts up an odor sweit
