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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1531
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Sproutand, ppl. adj.1 [ME and e.m.E. sprouting (1590); Sprout v.] fig. That which sprouts as in Sprout v. — 1531 Bell. Boece II 284.
Sic insolence rais, that time amang our eldaris, quhen the maneris, langage, and superflew cheir of Inglismen come first amang us, that the noblis went to King Malcolme … and prayit him to remeid the samin … King Malcolme tuk gret laubouris to expell this sproutand pest fra his pepil
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