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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1585, 1638
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Blocking, n. [f. Blok v.1 2.] Drafting; a draft. — 1585 James VI Ess. 21.
I haue put in the French on one side of the leif, and my blocking on the other 1638 Baillie Lett. I. 99.
The committee appointed for the first blocking of all our wrytes
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