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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Coldrifenes, -ryfness, n. [Cf. Coldrife,a.] Coldness, lack of warmth or zeal. 1642 Baillie II. 7.
I … did sharpelie rebuke all sins came in my way, especiallie drunkenness and cold-ryfness in religion 1644 Ib. 150.
At the first we were looked upon, for our coldrifenes, with a strange eye by many a1721 Wodrow Hist. (1829) I. 281.
That part of the country where he expected most coldrifeness to the bishops
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