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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1587-1639
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Intrin(s)che, v. [e.m.E. intrench (1555). Cf. Entrinsh v.] tr. To entrench. Also fig. — 1587-99 Hume 83/114.
Quhen thou art in perplexitie … intrinche thyselfe 1639 Johnston Diary (S.H.S.) 50.
We have receaved no spades, nor howes, no swyne feathers wherby we may intrinch ourselves
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