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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1438-1475
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Punȝe, Pwnȝe, v.1 P.p. punȝeid. [Sc. form corresp. to ME poyne(n (Manning), poygne (c1400), appar. obs. by c1440, to prick, pierce, stitch, to thrust (a spear), F. poign- pres. stem of poindre to pierce (1080 in Greimas), f. L. pungere, whence Punge v.] tr. a. To pierce, to prick; also fig. b. To stitch through, to quilt by stitching through. —a. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii 997.
And hand gunnys … out thai cast, Pwnȝeid with speris men off armys scheyn —fig. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v 606.
Wallace hyr saw … The prent off luff him punȝeit at the last So asprely … [That, etc.]b. ?1438 Alex. i 3285.
Vpon ane cod punȝeid of cottoun Was thikker than ane actoun [F. Sor une coutepointe de paile et d'auqueton Esspessement forrée et plaine de coton] Thay laid Emynedus softly
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