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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1603
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Perfumit, -fomit, ppl. a. [e.m.E. perfumed (1538).] Impregnated with scent; perfumed. Also fig. — a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxviii. 92.
Thair gluffis perfomit in thair hand Helpis meikill thair countenance 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 362.
Spainȝe ledder perfumit gluffis 1590 Ib. XXI. 311 b.
Ane perfumit box — 1603 Philotus cxi.
Ane faith perfumit with fyne folie
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