A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Pectrell, n. [e.m.E. and late ME. pectoral (Prompt. Parv.), -ell (1590), something worn on the breast (also as adj. = pertaining to the breast or chest (1576)), OF. pectoral (1355 in Du Cange), L. pectorāle breast-plate, f. pectus, pector- breast. (Cf. Patrell n.)] An ornament worn on the breast. — 15.. Clariodus iv. 292.
Ane rich pectrell as onie star that schone And syne [he] unto Meliades it brocht And … hir besought … it weir 15.. Ib. 322.
Syne the pectrell wonder plesantlie Scho pat about hir halse as lillie quhyte
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