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defectif (1380)
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defectif (1380)

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deffectif;  defeitif  
  FEW:  defectivus 3,28b Gdf:  defectif 2,456a GdfC:  defectif 9,288c TL: defectif 2,1276 DEAF:  defectif  DMF:  défectif  TLF:  défectif  OED:  defective adj., n.  MED:  defectif adj.  DMLBS:  defectivus 586c

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1defective, badly made, sub-standard, of poor quality: 
( 1380 )  facez abatre une piece q’est deffective de la haute parere (l. pareie) de pere  GAUNT2 i 126
( 1406 )  les arwesmythes fount plusours testes de seates & quarelles deffectifs  Rot Parl1 iii 594
( 1415 )  (boots) troevés defectives  Bristol Red Bk ii 111
( 1423 )  [...] lour or qe est defectyf  Rot Parl1 iv 200
( 1424-25 )  Item ressu de forfetz [...] W.F.T., par cause qe sez doublettes furent defectif paiera .ij. s.  Mch Tayl Accs1 3 Henry VI
♦faulty, out of order: 
( MS: 1419 )  si ascun fourne, furneux ou terraile soit defectyf [...]  Lib Alb 259
2failing to meet obligations: 
( 1430-31 )  [...] de ceux qui soient defectives de la reparation avauntdite  Rot Parl1 iv 373
♦crooked, dishonest: 
( 1404 )  S’il y ad aucun tiel brocour defectif soit il fait venir devaunt le Chaunceller  Rot Parl1 iii 554
( 1423 )  toutz les trespassours trovez defectifs & ent duement atteintz en l’eawe de Thamise  Rot Parl1 iv 256
( 1439 )  s’il soit trové desloiall ou defectif [...], q’il soit ousté de dit occupation  Rot Parl1 v 25
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