A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1515, 1596-1605
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Deflour(e, Deflowr, v. [ME. defloure (Wyclif), deflowre, OF. desflourer. Cf. Deflore v.] tr. To deflower, violate (a woman).a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2097 (ȝour son that schupe me to defloure). c1515 Asloan MS I. 325/18 (a virgin deflourit be Iupiter). 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 198 (wanton woweris … ȝow to deflour purposyng). 1596 Dalr. I. 122/1 (quha defloures a virgine). 1605 Reg. Privy C. I. 50 (attacking the wyffe and servant maid … in order to deflowr them).
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