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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Clene, v. [ME. (rare) clene (c 1450), e.m.E. clean (1681).] tr. To make clean. — a1500 Doug. King Hart 239.
Bot alwayis as scho castis it to clene, His malady incressis mair and mair
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