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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1494, 1629-1632
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Obscurit, -et, -(e)d, ppl. a. Darkened, dimmed; doubtful, uncertain; hidden. — 1456 Hay I. 24/33.
That the thrid part of the mone was obscurit and myrk 1494 Loutfut MS. 18 a.
& rycht clere seand in thingis merk & obscuret 1629 Mure Sonn. 1 Ser. x. 5.
My modest muse must keip his name obscur'd 1632 Lithgow Trav. 210.
Bloodthirsty Arabians, who in holes, caves and bushes lie obscured, waiting for … travellers
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