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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1599
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Chak key, n. [Chak v.1] A key serving as a check on the ordinary keys. — 1599 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 244.
The string of the keyis of the said boxe, contening sex keyis with an chak key
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