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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1475
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Piscis, n. [ME. pisces (Chaucer), pisshes (north., c 1400, L. piscēs, pl. of piscis fish.] Pisces, the twelfth Zodiacal constellation. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 318.
The sessone was rycht cauld, For Piscis was in tyll his dayis of auld
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