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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Pere, Peir, Peyr, v.3 [? Related to Norw. dial. pira to trickle, purl; also in later Sc. and south. Eng. (19th c.) dial. = to pour, esp. in trickles, to allow to trickle, to trickle.] tr. To allow (melted fat or oil) to run or fall (onto), to pour (melted fat or oil). — 1513 Doug. vi. iv. 37.
The fat oly dyd he ȝet and peyr [v.rr. peir, pere; L. infundens] Apon the entralys
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