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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1550
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(Reflore,) Refloir, v. [Cf. med. L. (Eng.) refloreo to flourish again (c1250, 1549), also Deflore v.] tr. To cause to flourish again. = Reflorish v. b. — c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i 295.
With superabundant Mirth … thow dois my hart refloir
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