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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1533
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Polluv-, Polloving, vbl. n. [Appar. pollu- f. L. pollu-ere, F. polluer Pol(l)ute v.] Polluting, defiling, desecrating. — 1533 Bell. Livy I 271/24.
Herdonius … duelling proudlie in the tempil of Jupiter, polluving [v.r. polloving] and defouling euery thing in it
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