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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spurgald, -gawd, -gaid, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. spurgal'd (1608); Spur(e n.1 and Gall v.] fig. Galled, injured as if by the use of spurs a. As a term of opprobrium. b. Of the Scottish church: Harmed by the pre-Reformation regime. —a. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 2483 (B).
I trow this pylour be spurgawd [Ch. spur-gaid] a1605 Montg. Misc. P. iii 31.
Then spurgald sporters they begin to speill —b. 1692 Presb. Eloq. 1693 95.
Your poor Kirk in Scotland, that has been so many years spurgal'd with Antichrist's riding her
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