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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Egestioun, n. [e.m.E. egestion (1547), L. ēgestio.] Evacuation, discharge. — 1490 Irland I. 67/13.
In that stat … thar had been expulsioun and egestioun of the superfluiteis, bot nocht as now
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