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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Perllous, a. [e.m.E. and late ME. perlous (15th c.), perlewse (c 1440), also perlious (15th c.), perlaows (15th c.), contracted form of perilous Peril(l)ous a.: cf. Parlish a.] Dangerous, risky; ? risky to consider, ‘dubious’, ? scandalous. — a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvii. 22.
Had scho bene vndir … That war a perllous play for to suspect thame
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