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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1511, 1590
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Pansé, Pansy, n. [e.m.E. pancy (1530), pansé (1548), pauncé, pawnsy, also pensee (a 1500), F. pensée, pencée, a thought, and as the name of the flower, the pansy: cf. Pensé n.] The pansy. Also flour-pansé, id. (cf. e.m.E. paunséflower (a 1548)). Also b. as the name of a ship. — 1511 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 317.
The floit boit of the Pansy c1590 J. Stewart 78/209.
Heir abowe vas sum flour panseis set, Vith darts ingrawe
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