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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1588
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(Equinox,) Æquinoxe, n. [ME. (Chaucer) and OF. equinoxe, e.m.E. œquinox(e.] The equinox. — 1588 King Catechism H j.
To tak away the ten dayes, quhairby the æquinoxe of springe tyme had passeit the dew tyme of the consele of Nice
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