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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1661
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Irn-hewit, Iron-hewed, Of an iron colour. — 1513 Doug. vi. v. 22.
[Charon] careis … Spretis and figuris in his irn hewit [L. ferruginea] boit 1661 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXII. 253.
Ther wer present ther the divell himself in the shape of a black iron hewed man
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