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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Sicamour,) Siccamour, Sicomour, n. Also: sicamore, sycomore, sekamoure. [ME and e.m.E. sikamour (14th c.), sicomor (Wyclif), secomoure (c1440), siccamore (Shakespeare), sycamore (1653), F. sycomore (1600 in Larousse; earlier sicamor (c1130), sicomore (15th c.)), late L. sico-, sycomorus, Gk. sukomoros a fig-tree.] The sycamore. b. The wood of this tree. c. Sicomour-tree, a species of fig-tree (only in Nisbet, after Purvey). —?1438 Alex. ii 3686.
Wnder the flurist siccamour [F. desous i pin ramu] Was spred … Carpettis ?1438 Alex. ii 10694.
Thay lichted vnder ane siccamour [F. siquamour] a1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) 2.
The locks of amber Of new bloom'd sicamores 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. ii 7.
The great mapple; commonly yet falsly the sycomore and plaintree —b. a1500 Sir Eger 971 (P).
His sadle with sekamoure [ed. selcamoure] was sett —c. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke xix 4.
[Zacchæus] yede up into a sicomour tree [P. sicomoure tree] to se him
