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Quotation dates: 1638
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Salebrositie, n. [e.m.E. salebrosity (1661), L. type *sālebrōsitās f. late L. salebrōs, -ūs rough, f. salebra roughness.] Roughness, unevenness. fig. — 1638 Baillie I 140.
His grace here wiselie brought the doctor off salebrosities whence all his witts could not have delivered him with his credit
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