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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1815
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¶BENTSET, adj. Determined.Ags. 1815 Montrose Review (5 May) 142/1:
If ony set o' men shall be bentset on plotting the destruction of a fellow-creature.
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