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læcing

  • noun [ feminine ]
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læcing, e; f.
Blame, reproof;
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Etymology
[
Cf. Chauc. Piers P. to lakke to blame, dispraise, speak ill of
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Prompt. Parv. lakkyn vitupero, culpo; lacke or blame vituperium, p. 285, note 3, where this line from Lydgate, besides other instances, is given 'with lawde or lack liche as they have deserved'
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O. Frs. laking impugnatio; lakia impugnare.
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