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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1500, 1597
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Feister, -tir, n. [ME. festyre, -tre, -ter (a 1300), OF. festre.] A fester. — c1500 Rowll Cursing 48 (B).
Kald, kanker, feister or feveris 1597 Calderwood V. 658.
I feare that the healing of suche untented and undercoatted wounds sall come to a feister
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