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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1791

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NULLY, v. To nullify, make null and void.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 274:
There's ither bars to nully your pretence.

[Nonce deriv. of null.]

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