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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1500-1512
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Spanyst, ppl. adj. Also: spynist. [Spanys v.] Of a flower: Opened. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii 138.
Ane angel, that in his hand Had twa cronis mad wynnly Of Spanyst rose & quhyt lely c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 29.
Off ferlifull fyne favour war thair faceis meik, … Quhyt, seimlie and soft as the sweit lillies Now upspred upon spray, as new spynist rose
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