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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1535-1536
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(Pargen,) Pergen, v. [Sc. form irreg. corresp. to ME. (Wyclif, Trevisa, etc.) and e.m.E. parget(te, perget(te, OF. pargeter, parjeter ‘to throw or cast over a surface’ as a term of masonry. Cf. also Spargen v.] tr. ? To cover or daub with plaster, to plaster. — 1535–6 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 191.
Layand the plaster in the kingis chalmeris and pergenand certane of the north chalmeris and chapell
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