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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1651-1662
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Land-flood, n. [ME. and e.m.E.] A flooding of land, a flood. — 1651 Select Biographies I. 261.
Land-floods that will fill the breadth of Emmanuel's land 1662 Wodrow Hist. (1828) I. 288.
Prelacy is now coming in like a land-flood
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