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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1570-1626
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Childbed, Chyldbed, n. Also: scheid bed. [ME. childbed (c 1200).] Confinement of a woman. — c1460 Vertewis of the Mess 113.
Quhat woman that takes her childbed that day [etc.] 1570 Leslie 99.
During the tyme that the Quene wes in childe bed 1582–3 Perth B. Ct. 22 March.
The said Mergaret borrowit … scho being seik lyand in scheid bed lair vj s. viij d. 1626 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 9.
Dureing the haill space of the womanes chyldbed
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