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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1506-1508
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Breke, Breik, v. [Northern ME. brekyn (1468), e.m.E. breche.] tr. To furnish with breeches. — 1506 Treasurer's Accounts III. 252.
For iij quartaris grene dames to breke the hale scarlet hos 1508 Ib. IV. 23.
Blak satin … to breik the scarlat side of the … hos
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