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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Phalarica, n. [L. phalārica for falārica. Cf. 17th c. Eng. phalarik ‘a javelin … wrapped in tow and pitch, set on fire, and thrown by the catapult or by hand, in order to set fire’ (OED.) to a place (1608).] = Fire-spere n. — 1513 Doug. ix. xi. 88.
With ane hydduus byssand fyry speir That clepit is phalarica in weir
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