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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1531
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Sprout, Sprowt, n. [ME and e.m.E. sprout(e (a1300), sprowt(e (1602), MDu., MLG sprute.] A new growth, a shoot. Also fig. and in fig. context. — 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 90.
The spray bysprent with spryngand sprowtis dispers —fig. a1500 Henr. Fab. 2438.
The hennis ar warkis that fra ferme faith proceidis: Quhair sic sproutis spreidis, the euill spreit thair not speids 1531 Bell. Boece I 33.
Gif we desire to eschew the sprout of sedicioun, with innomerabill inconvenientis
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