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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1618
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Serous, adj. [e.m.E. serous (1594), MF sereux (c1363 in Larousse), med. L. seros-, f. L. serum whey.] Similar to whey; whey-like. — 1618 W. Barclay Well 6.
This water … bindeth the belly … as … milke: for the croudy part bindeth some, and the serous or wheyish part louseth others
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