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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1637-1670
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Miscarrying, ppl. a. [e.m.E. (Bible, 1611).] ? Erring, straying, blundering. fig. — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 447.
Wo to the mistakings of my miscarrying heart 1637 Ib. (1664) 263.
What is the dry and miscarrying hope of all them who are not in Christ but confusion and wind? 1637 Ib. 184. c 1660–70 Select Biographies I. 282.
It is not my going that has the wyte but my miscarrying minde
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