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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1825-1843
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PUBLISH, v., tr. To cause to swell, to fill out, make fat. Ppl.adj. publisht, -ed, plump, in good case, well filled-out.Ags. 1825 Jam.:
A weel-publisht bairn, a child that is in full habit, or well filled up.Rxb. 1843 T. Aird Old Bachelor 77:
The rain which has watered his thirsty pasture-lands, and will help to “publish” his barley, and swell his potatoes.
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