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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590
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Mumming, vbl. n.2 [Echoic: cf. late ME. and e.m.E. mumminge, -ynge, murmuring, mumbling.] The humming noise made by a bee. — 1590 Burel Pilgr. i. xxiii.
With mumming and bumming, The bee now seiks his byke
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