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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1533
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Periculous, a. [e.m.E. periculus (1547), L. perīculōs-us.] = Peril(l)ous a. 1, perilous. — 1533 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 400.
And the punct is rycht periculous to thaim for and thai excede thar boundis in thar executioun [etc.]
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