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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Reling,) Reilling, Reeling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. reeling (1577), Rele v.1] fig. Applied to the age: Unsteady, unstable. — a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 227.
In a reeling and staggering time 1662 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I 282.
In these reilling and trowblsom tymes 1673 Certainty of Death and Judgement (1673) 19.
In this irreligious and reeling age
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