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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Depaint, Depaynt, p.p. [ME. depaynt, -peynt, -peint (c 1225), OF. depeint, p.p. of depeindre.] Painted, coloured; depicted. (Only in verse, after Eng. models.) a1500 Lanc. 1703.
Cherice them with wordis fair depaynt a1500 Quare Jel. 4.
The tender grene … Quhich all depaynt with diuerse hewis bene 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 8.
A gardyne of plesance, With sol depaint as paradise amiabill c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 66.
All the feldis wyth thai lilies quhite Depaynt war brycht Ib. xlviii. 16.
Fresche May … In weid depaynt of mony diuers hew 15.. Clar. v. 58.
Riche arras with … auld stories depaint and figurate Ib. 2256.
He … Hes it depaint of langwage full ornate c1552 Lynd. Mon. 181.
[Flora's] tapestrie … Depaynt with mony hundreth heuinlie hewis c1590 Fowler I. 104/14.
Whose praise by Homeris depaint 1587-99 Hume Ep. Montcreif 247.
Courts … I may descriue, As learned men hes them depaint before
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