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Quotation dates: 1513
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(Unfarrand,) Onfarrand, adj. [e.m.E. vnfaryng (1519); Farand adj. Also in the later dial.] Ill-favoured, unattractive. — 1513 Doug. ix ix 52 (Sm.).
Delyver he was wyth drawin swerd in hand, And quhite targat, onsemly and onfarrand [C. evill farragand]
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