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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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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 Wall. v 98.
Bot this sloth brache … On Wallace fute folowit so felloune fast, Quhill in thar sicht thai prochit at the last Ib. 987.
The day was downe, and prochand wes the nycht Ib. viii 1224.
Thus prochyt thai on towart thar presens Ib. x 509.
‘Wallace,’ he said, ‘it prochys ner the nycht’
