A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1598-1599
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(Visarit,) Visorned, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. viserid (Wyclif), visord (1571); Visar n. 3.] fig. Nothing but appearance, sham. —a1599 Rollock Wks. I 406.
All men and wemen be nature ar hypocrits, painted bodies, na soliditie in them, all ar visorned folk
