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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1619
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(Sprouting,) Sprutting, vbl. n. [e.m.E. sproutyng (1580); Sprout v.] The action of sprouting in sense 1 of the verb; an instance of this, a new growth. — 1619 Ritchie Ch. S. Baldred 116.
He had blak spruttings of ane baird
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