A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1561, 1653
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Plasmato(u)r(e, n. [e.m.E. plasmator ( ? a 1500), OF. plasmateur (13th c. in Godef.), Chr. L. plasmātor (Tertullian).] One who forms or moulds, the Creator. —1513 Doug. x. Prol. i.
He plasmatour of thyngis vniuersall 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 125/20.
The clemens of the maist merciful and puissant diuyne plasmator 1549 Ib. 27/19. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 865.
God, the plasmatour of all a1561 Norvell Meroure 28 a.
God, the plasmatoure 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii. viii.
The soveraign plasmator God Almighty
