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: 1498-1499
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Pene-, Peni-, Pennetrant, a. [e.m.E. penetrant (1534).] Penetrating; piercing. = Penetrative a. —a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1349 (Harl.).
Apply the plaister of panys penetrant [Asl. pennans penitrant, Arund. pennetrant: rh. ourplant, dant, arrogant]