A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1549
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Maculat, p.p. and ppl. a. Also: maculate, -ait. [e.m.E. maculate (1490), L. maculātus, p.p. of maculāre. Cf. Macull n.] Soiled, stained, defiled. Chiefly fig. Cf. Maculatv. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 81.
To change in filth all thy feminitie And be with fleschelie lust sa maculait 1535 Stewart 47218. 1535 Ib. 1090, 8192.
O vnjust king, … Thy fame and conscience quhilk hes maculat c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis ii.
Of stinkand weidis maculate No man may mak ane rois chaiplat 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 150/6.
That the honour of verteous gentil men be nocht maculat vitht the vice … of vicius pretendit gentil men
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