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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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ON-GREE, n. Sinfulness.Sc.(E) 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah lviii. 1:
Tell till my folk their sin; an' till Jakob's houss their on-gree.

[On-, pref.2, + Gree, n.3, loving kindness.]

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