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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HESTER, v. To hesitate.Per. 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 62:
Here heaps o' filth, there dubs o' mester; A grumphie at your door wad hester To enter in.

[Appar. a corruption metri causa for hesitate, the form being influenced by that of Haister, v.]

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