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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Trope,) Troupe, n. [e.m.E. troope (Tindale), trope (1573), F. trope, L. tropus.] Figurative or metaphorical language; poetic discourse. —1622-6 Bisset II 182/22.
As the sea in troupe is afflictioun in alligorie evin so King Charles the first … succedand … to this ile of Greit Brytan invironed … be the sea … will procequute afflictioun (in allegorie) … aganis [those] that persequutis the … faithfull Christianis

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