A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lubricus, Lubrecus, a. [Med. L. lubricus: see Lubric. Cf. 17th c. Eng. lubricous (1646– ), slippery, smooth, also, shifty, unstable.] Lascivious. = Lubric a. 1. —1535 Stewart 5449. Ib. 36441.
Rycht lubricus and full of vanitie, Of concubinis ane hundreth than had he
