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Upfall, Apfaw, n. [? Germ. Abfall, falling off, apostasy. Cf. Of-falling vbl. n.] Moral falling away. — 1558-66 Knox II 410.
I wes ane watchman, bayth over the realme, and over the kirk of God … I wes bound in conscience to blaw the trumpet publictlie, so oft as evir I saw onie upfall [1566 apfaw] onie appeiring dainger, either of the one or of the other