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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1491-1500
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Lure, v. Also: lwre. P.t. also read as lure. [ME. (Chaucer, etc.), f. Lure,n.1: cf. F. leurrer (OF. loirrer).] To call a hawk to the lure; to train a hawk to the lure. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 2327.
With emptie hand na man suld halkis lure [: sure] 1491 Treasurer's Accounts I. 180.
To Downy falconar and his man to pas to lwre thare halkis, x dais waigis 1497 Ib. 366.
That he laid doune to the boy that lure the halk v s.
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