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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1533
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(Paucité,) Pawcité, n. [Late ME. and e.m.E. paucyte (c 1425), -city (1566), F. paucité (14th c. in Godef. Compl.), L. paucitas f. paucus few.] Paucity, fewness. — 1533 Boece xiv. xv. 570.
Inglismen … contempnyng the pawcite of Scottis thai sett bot few or ellis necligent wachis
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