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† peˈnurity Sc. Obs.
[f. L. pēnūria penury, with change of suffix: see -ity.]
= penury 1, 2.
c1480Henryson Test. Cres. 321 Greit penuritie Thow suffer sall, and as ane beggar die. 1513Douglas æneis i. Prol. 386 Tuichand our tongis penurite. 1533Bellenden Livy ii. v. (S.T.S.) 144 Na penurite of vittalis suld follow. 1577Aberdeen Regr. (1848) II. 30 The exorbitant dartht of victuall and penurite thairoff. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 35 In vthir places, for the penuritie of wodis, out of the ȝeard we cutt peates. |