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Quotation dates: 1597
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Rawff, n. [e.m.E. and ME raf abundance, plenty (c1320), refuse (c1420), 17th c. Eng. also raff(e.] ? Waste or left-over matter. — 1597 Criminal Trials II 29.
To tak rawff Spainȝie seid [? for fleis], and steip it amang quyte wyne, and gif it to drink, for the fawing-evill
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