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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Periphrase, n. [e.m.E. (1589), F. périphrase (1555 in Hatz.-Darm.), also e.m.E. (1533) and L. periphrasis.] A periphrastic metaphor. —1606 Birnie Kirk-b. iii.
For as in Eccl. 12 the graues periphrase (beth gnolam) signifies the secular house

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