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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1473-1513
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Per-, Parbrakit, -brekit, -yt, p.p. and ppl. a. [ME. perbrake v., also pere-, to break through, breach, tr. (Manning), intr. (Lydgate), appar. obs. after 1497, of puzzling origin (see OED.). Cf. also Perbrake,ppl. a.] Of a building or a ship: Breached, holed, ‘broken’. — 1473–4 Yester Wr. 73.
[The house and castle of Morham] unspulȝit or parbrekyt of duris wyndowis ȝetis of irn [etc.] 1513 Doug. i. iv. 25.
Perbrakit [Ruddim. perbrekit] schippis but cabillis thar mycht ryde Nane ankyr nedis mak thame arest nor byde 1513 Ib. vi. 135.
Of all our floyt … Sevin evil perbrakit salue remanys with me
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