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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1559, 1641
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Combustioun, n. [Late ME. combustion (1477), F. combustion, L. combustio.] a. Consumption by fire. b. Outbreak, insurrection. — 1559 Wemyss Chart. 296.
The space of foure ȝeiris immediatle eftir the said combustioun — 1641 Acts V. (1870) 338/1.
The authores and causeris of the late and present troubles and cumbustioun
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