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: 1399-1400, 1567-1699
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Frame, Fraim, n. [ME. frame (c 1430), f. Fram(e,v.] a. A framework devised as an instrument of torture. b. Proper condition or order.a. a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 612.
Egeas commawndyt that he Thar in a frame suld sted be a1400 Ib. xxii. 338.
Thar-eftyre [he] gert hyme straucht In til framis with al thare machtb. 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 213.
Wemen … Quhilk wisdome out of frame did bring 1587 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries IV. 425.
Hold matteris in frame quhill my back-cuming 16.. Herries Mem. 14.
All was out of fraim
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