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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1636
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Devigour, v. [For defigour, ME. defygur (14th c.), OF. defigurer.] tr. To disfigure. — 1636 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 66.
That no man shall lay muck in the wyndis … or upon such pairtis of the calsie that may devigour the toun
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