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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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Sectio(u)n, n. [e.m.E. section (1559), F. section (14th c. in Larousse), L. sectiōn- cutting.] a. An act of cutting, surgically; an operation. b. A caesura, in verse. c. A subdivision of a literary composition. —a. 1597 Crawford Mun. Invent. II 209 (12 Jan.).
Qhois broder son sal be hairtlie velcum to me in caice I conualence efter any intendit section in Marche nixt. Receiue the hacquenay agane in custodie quhil the event of my said section —b. 1585 James VI Poems I 72/14, 20.
Tak heid quhen ȝour lyne is of fourtene [feet] that your sectioun in aucht be a lang monosyllabe, or ellis the hinmest syllabe of a word … gif ȝour sectioun be nocht [as prescribed] … the musique … sall cut the ane half of the word fra the vther 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 73/3.
Remember also to mak a sectioun in the middes of euery lyne, quhether the lyne be lang or short —c. 1600 Colville Palinode 24.
Closing this section of my Palinod with a double admiration
