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Panurge made the fashion of driving them away; then took his leave of her and withdrew himself into some chapel or oratory of the said church to see the sport; for these villainous dogs did compiss all her habiliments, and left none of her attire unbesprinkled with their staling; insomuch that
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Panurge made the fashion of driving them away; then took his leave of her and withdrew himself into some chapel or oratory of the said church to see the sport; for these villainous dogs did compiss all her habiliments, and left none of her attire unbesprinkled with their staling; insomuch that
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Panurge made the fashion of driving them away; then took his leave of her and withdrew himself into some chapel or oratory of the said church to see the sport; for these villainous dogs did compiss all her habiliments, and left none of her attire unbesprinkled with their staling; insomuch that a tall greyhound pissed upon her head, others in her sleeves, others on her crupper-piece, and the little ones pissed upon her pataines; so that all the women that were round about her had much ado to save her.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
Gammerstang commented on the word compiss
(verb) - To wet with urine; adaptation of French compisser; 1600s. --Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1893
January 27, 2018