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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1649
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Reflex, -flexe, n. [e.m.E. reflexe (1594), late L. reflexus a bending back, return, f. the p.p. stem of reflectere Reflex v.] The action of reflecting light or heat; reflected light. b. Reflected sound or echo. c. fig. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1884.
Swa the reflex of christall stanis schone, For brichtnes scarslie blenk thairon I mocht c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 33.
That bewis bathit war in secund bemys Throu the reflex of Phebus visage brycht 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 61. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5341.
The mone and sterris hes no lycht, Bot the reflex of Phebus brycht 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 86/183.
A nacked man … Whome Phœbus rosts with hote reflexeb. 1531 Bell. Boece II 69.
The preistis cryit … Alleluya. And incontinent, the reflex of the voce resoundit agane the rochisc. fig. 1649 Select Biographies I 401.
The sense of this love, borne in upon my heart, hath a reflex, making me love my Saviour, and grip to him back again
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