A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1499
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Posik(e, n. [? Irreg. or erron. var. of Posy n. Cf. also Poesie n.] ? An imaginative composition; ? a poem; ? an allegory; ? by extension, a pictorial allegory, an emblem. —a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 6 (Asl.).
Heirfor this posike [Harl., Arund. posik; de Worde poesy] profoundlie wnderstand … In hert imprentand thire figuris followand
