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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1660-1661
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(Phrase,) Fraise, v. [e.m.E. phrase to employ a phrase (a 1550), f. Phrase,n. In this sense, also in the later Sc. dial.] tr. To exaggerate; to make an outcry or fuss about. — a1661 Rutherford Lett. P. ii. ep. 8 (Jam.).
And for that present tumult that the children of this world fraise anent [etc.]
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