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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1475
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Proch(e, v.1 [Late ME (Lydgate) and e.m.E. proche, proach (1600), AF proscher (1292), aphetic f. Approche v. Only in Wall.] intr. and impers. To approach, draw near. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v 98.
Bot this sloth brache … On Wallace fute folowit so felloune fast, Quhill in thar sicht thai prochit at the last c1475 Ib. 987.
The day was downe, and prochand wes the nycht c1475 Ib. viii 1224.
Thus prochyt thai on towart thar presens c1475 Ib. x 509.
‘Wallace,’ he said, ‘it prochys ner the nycht’
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