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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1475
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Fruschand, ppl. a. [f. Frusch,v.] Breaking in pieces. —c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 190.
O wareide suerd … Thi fruschand blaid in presoune sone me threw c1475 Ib. iii. 147.
The shafft to schonkit off the fruschand tre