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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1581
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(Palȝard-,) Palliardise, n. [F. paillardise (1539) lewdness. Cf. Palȝardrie, n.] ? Knavery or ? whoremongering, lechery. — 1581 Burne Disput. 188.
This [religion] quhais vnlauchful ministeris … vith palliardise and al kynd of harlatrie abusis the sacred and halie place
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