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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1676
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Split, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. split (1648); Split v.] Split, riven, cleft. — 1676 Cunningham Diary 71.
For setting on a horse shoo at Ennerkeithing on a split foot, 2 s. 8 d.
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