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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1563-1564
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Misfigur, v. [Cf. e.m.E. misfigure (1648).] tr. To disfigure. —1563–4 Inverness Rec. I. 110.
[They] cruwellie onsett vpon the saidis James Duff … and misfigurit his face