† perfluencen.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
The action of flowing through; a flow (of words).
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perfluence1568
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1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 213 Be nocht of wirdis our grit [= words over great] perfluens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1568- to set the bar
- to set the case
- to set the clock back
- to set the dice upon
- to set the edge of
- to set the etc a watering
- to set the eyes at flow
- to set the fine of
- to set the hare's head against the goose-giblet
- to set the hare's head against the goosegiblet
- to set the hare's head foot against the goose-giblet
- to set the hare's head foot against the goosegiblet
- to set the hare's head hare-pie against the goose-giblet
- to set the hare's head harepie against the goosegiblet
- to set the heather on fire
- to set the kiln on fire
- to set the kiln on fire sc a-low
- to set the kiln on fire sc alow
- to set the land
- to set the mouth a watering
- to set the pace
- to set the record straight
- to set the scene
- to set the sponge
- to set the spurs to