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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400, 1513-1550
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Brast, v. [ME. and e.m.E. brast(e, var. of breste: see Brest and Brist.] intr. and tr. To burst, break. 1375 Barb. xv. 479.
Thair mycht men heir the speris brast [: fast] c1400 Troy-bk. i. 415.
It war lyk all thing suld brast [: blast] 1513 Doug. ix. v. 156.
The Troianys all … brastis furth of terys 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 39.
The fyry sparkis brastyng from his eyne c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iv. 693.
The time hes bene I wald haif run ane race, And brast ane speir
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