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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1438, 1513
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Flot, Flote, n.3 Also: floit, flote. [ME. flot, flote (a 1300), OF. flote.] A troop or company. — 1375 Barb. iii. 456.
Syne Lawyne and all his flot Dispitusly discumfyt he ?1438 Alex. ii. 5214.
Ȝe ar the eldest of the floit, And vmest sittis in cumpany ?1438 Ib. 6789.
Thare was mony into that flote 1513 Doug. xii. v. 191.
Italianys hurlys on hym in a floyt
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