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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1531
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Implume, a. [L. implūmis. Also e.m.E. implume (1658).] Without feathers, unfledged. —1531 Bell. Boece I. cxi.
Thocht thow pas furth, as bird implume, to licht 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I. 16.
This my translacioun, nakit of … rethory, siklike as implvme birdis to flicht
