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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1533, 1588
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Ferie, n. Pl. feries, feryis. [ME. ferie (c 1380), fery(e, OF. ferie, L. fēria, pl. fēriæ.] a. A festival or holiday. b. A day of the week. — 1533 Bell. Livy I. 72/8.
Ay (quhen ony … vncouth wounder apperit) the feries [v.r. feryis] war thar eftir nyne dayes 1533 Ib. 249/10. 1588 King Catechism 109.
Gif ony … fast nocht the haly tyme of lent euerie fourt ferie (called Wenesday) … lat him be remoued fra orders
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