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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Barne-, Bairnlines(s, n. Also: barnlynes. [Barnelie a.] Childishness. — 1533 Boece xiii. ii. 496 b.
I vnderstude ... thow had in mynde to lif all thi dayis in chaistite, quhilk is bot barnlynes 1573 Cath. Tr. 7/25.
It is great barnelines to be sa hastelie … begylit 1608 Crim. Trials II. 566.
Vpone bairnlines and meir simplicitie
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