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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Electuar(e, -air, n. [Normal Sc. variant of Electuary,n. Cf. F. électuaire.] a. An electuary. b. (By confusion with electre, L. ēlectrum.) Amber.a. 1456 Hay II. 144/10.
Gif he war be ony cas our calde, he suld us … ane electuare mustakit a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 246.
Boxis he bair with fine electuairis, And sugerit syropis for digestioun 1549 Compl. 145/25.
To mak exquisit electuars to prouoke the pepil to ane disordinat appetitb. 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lii.
Amang the rochis … of thir ilis growis ane maner of electuar and goum, hewit like gold, and sa attractive of nature, that it drawis stra, flox or hemmis of claithis to it
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