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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1552-1585
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(Out-,) Outtrance, n. [ME. oultrance (Lydgate), outrance (Hoccleve), outterance (1601), OF. oultrance, outrance (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), going beyond bounds, excess, extremity: cf. Utterance.] Driving to extremity, opprression. — c1552 Lynd. Mon. MS. 94.
Than neid you nocht to dreid the greit outtrance Off innemyis with aufull ordinance a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xxxviii. 59.
Quhat euer chanche Dois me outtrance Saif fals thinking in sueit dreming
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