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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1460
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Perré, -eye, -y, n. [ME. and e.m.E. perre (Manning), per(r)ey, perre(e (14th c.), and perry(e (? 1370), pery(e (15th c.), also pierrye (Caxton), AF. *perrie, OF. pierrie, syncopated f. OF. perrerie, pierrerie.] Precious stones collectively, jewellery. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii. 189.
Arayt with … goldine clathis & perre The riche[s]t that mycht fundyne be c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 1339.
Thay saw thair standartis … With timbris and wessillis of go[l]d and perry On helmis and basnetis sa mychtelie c1460 Ib. MS. 4290.
Ane chaplet of gold and perreye [: folly] c1460 Ib. 5709.
Ouresett with stanis of pretius perry [: massy]
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