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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: 1531
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Furisine, n. [ad. MLG. vûrisern or MHG. viurisen, ‘fire-iron’ ] A steel for striking fire with a flint. — 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lvii.
He that was found in the army but flint and furisine … was schamefully scurgit
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