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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1696
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(Quhorle-bone,) Whorlebone, n. [e.m.E. qworle-bone (15th c.), whorle-, whurle- (a1577). Cf. later Sc. dial. whorle-bane the hip-bone or joint (Jam.), also mod. Eng. whirl-bone.] A vertebra of the spine. — 1696 Fountainhall Decis. I 720.
A lump in his back, which dislocated two of the vertebrae or whorlebone
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