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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1567-1568
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(Fire-,) Fyre-fangit, p.p. [e.m.E. fire fanged (1615); see Fang v.] Caught by fire; set on fire, burned. — 1513 Doug. xii. v. 202.
This Chorineus … Ruschit on his fa, thus fyrefangit and onsaucht a1568 Scott i. 74.
Quha eit flesch on Frydayis was fyrefangit
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