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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Deface, Defas(e, v. Also: defaice, -fais. [ME. deface, defaas (14th c.), OF. defacer.] tr. To deface or mar; to disgrace or discredit.(a) 15.. Clar. i. 1484.
Scho with teiris hir beawtie did deface Ib. ii. 307.
Think ȝe not this ane thing impertinat, That this … renegat Defaice suld … ane lady as am I 1583 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 584.
May sic fellowis be defacit! c1600 Montg. Suppl. 199/24.
My freddome thow dar nocht defaice(b) a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 392.
Full cheuailrus, that neuer poynt of his prise wes fundin defasit 1513 Doug. 904/3.
Now is my wark all fynyst … Quham Iovis ire, … Nor trynschand swerd sal defas, ne doun thryng c1590 Fowler I. 127/37.
With all thair bewtye and thair grace so suddanlie defaist 1614 Highland P. III. 155.
Whairby your lo[rdship] may perceaue how traitourouslie I haue bein oft defaissit be that clan