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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1530-1540, 1647-1648
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Suty, Suttie, adj. [ME and e.m.E. soti, soty (both a1250), sooty (Chaucer), soyty, sutty (both a1400); Sut(e n.2 Cf. ON sótigr.] Sooty; black like soot. — c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 140b/53.
To sitt in to that suty sell With Sathan in that deip dungeoun ?a1648 Polemo-Middinia 86.
Gliedamque Ketaeam Egregie indutam blacco caput suttie clutto
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