a. Obs. rare. [? f. Fr. exquis, pa. pple. of OF. exquerre, esquerre:—L. exquīrĕre (see prec.) + -ED1; or var. of exquisite.] = next.

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1521.  Balade, in Bradshaw’s St. Werburge (1887), 201. With termes exquised and sence retoriall.

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