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Quotation dates: 1641-1673
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(Jus,) Juce, Juice licoris, n. Also: juis of licaris. Liquorice juice; liquorice. — 1641 Edinburgh Testaments LIX. 269.
Fyftene vnces of jolopis with sex pundis … of the juis of licaris 1673 Leith Customs 16.
4 pound juice licoris 1673 Ib. 33.
20 pound of juce licoris
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