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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1490-1585
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Infectioun, n. Also: -oune, -owne, -one, infeccioune. [ME. infectioun (1398), -fection, L. infectio.] Infection. (Chiefly of diseases.) c1420 Wynt. iv. 1209.
That exalatyowne, That made a gret infectiowne 1490 Irland Mir. I. 86/18.
Oure progenitouris … generit ws with this infeccioune a1500 Bk. Chess 710.
Carnale infectioun, ire nor ȝit inwy 1504 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 100.
Ane or twa persouns of euery close quhair infectioun is or happenis to be 1529 Ib. II. 17.
He beand oblist … that na scaith nor infectione sall cum within his house c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 746.
This and siclik with diuers infec tionis He diuulgatis as juge imperiall 1585 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 439.
The … raggis and clouttis lyand in the said places is … ane occasioun of infectioun
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