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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1500-1540

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Gane, n. [Of obscure origin.] An ugly face. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 167.
Thy gane it garris us think that we mon de
c1500-c1512 Ib. lxxv. 55.
I luif rycht weill ȝour graceles gane
1513 Doug. viii. iv. 180.
To behald hys vgly eyn twane, Hys terribil vissage, and grisly gane
1540 Lynd. Sat. 1351 (B).
I mak ane vow … I salbe wrockin on thy graceles gane
1540 Ib. 4465.

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