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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1663
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That kyn, adj. [That demonstr. adj. and Kin n. 6; cf. This kyn adj.] Of that kind or sort. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xi 331.
At the leste one that kyn wyse Ȝe ma for-sak ȝoure gret malice 1663 Edinb. B. Rec. IX 337.
Herrieing the watters of that kynd of shell fish
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