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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Domesticall, a. [ME. domysticall (1459), e.m.E. domesticall, f. L. domestic-us.]
1. Belonging to a household. 1513 Doug. xiii. vi. 192.
My Goddis domesticall, that fra haym With me I brocht 1560 Bk. Disc. 237.
Reasonabillie thay may attend upoun thair domesticall besynes 1561 Knox II. 273.
To molest or trouble any of hir domesticall servandis 1577 Digest Justiciary Proc. I. 49.
The said Neill … beand domesticall and houshauld seruand to the said erle
2. Of animals: Domestic, tame. 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 21.
That na domesticall beast … vaig abrod
3. Belonging to the country; internal. 1562-3 Winȝet II. 60/10.
Gif we sal begin to mixt … vncouth and strange thingis with domestical materis 1569 Calderwood II. 483.
Against all invasioun domesticall and forraine 1584 Gray Lett. & P. 29.
Practises, forreine and domesticall
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