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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1610, 1691
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Satyr, Sattyre, -ire, Sattier, n. [ME (pl.) satury (Chaucer), satyri (Trevisa), satiri (Gower), e.m.E. satyr(e (Caxton), satire (1569), OF satire (1372 in Larousse), L. satyrus, pl. -i.] A satyr, the mythical creature or a representation of it. — 1604 Craig i 21.
At libertie alas shall fauns and satyrs lope c1610 Melville Mem. 171.
Bastien deuysed a nomber of men formed lyk sattyres, with lang tailes and whippis in ther handis, runnyng befoir the meit c1610 Ib.
The sattiers … pat ther handis behind them to ther tailes, quhilkis they waggit with ther handis c1610 Ib. 172.
Sa schone as they saw the sattires waging ther tailes or romples 1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 364.
Those satyrs and doleful unknown creaturs of islands and deserts
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