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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LENT, adj. Slow, of a fever. Obs. in Eng.Sc. 1705 Narrat. J. Nimmo ( S.H.S.) 103:
My sicknes became a lent fever.Sc. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Rules of Diet (1736) 342:
A continual Lent-Fever, with Rigors invading with uncertain Periods.
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