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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Sarris, Saris, v., pres. (F. serrer to hold tightly, grip fast, squeeze (13th c. in Larousse). Cf. also Sarray adv., Sarraly adv.1. Perhaps, however, merely a further example, with irregular spelling form, of Sar(e v. a, or, confusion with Sar(e v. may explain the Ruddim. spelling.) — 1513 Doug. xi xiii 170.
The silly dow … he clippis at the last And lowkyt in his punsys sarris [Ruddim. saris] fast Thristand his tallans sa throu hir entralis [L. columbam comprensamque tenet pedibusque eviscerat uncis]
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