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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1550
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Percust, p.p. [L. percuss- p.p. stem of percutere to strike through; cf. e.m.E. percussed (1615).] Struck; fig. ‘thunder-struck’, shocked. — c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii. 146.
Quhen Desperance thir nyne did heir and se Percust he was into perplexitie Quhidder gif he sould enter thair or no
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