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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Corporance, n. [OF. corporance, -ence.] Bodily form or size. — 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 42.
[The] chamæleon, … albeit it be small of corporance, noghttheles it is of ane strange nature
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