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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1727

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†UNDERCOTTED, ppl.adj. In a state of inward suppuration.Sc. 1727 P. Walker Remark. Passages 76:
A slight Way of Healing indeed, which now is undercotted, and seems to be incurable.

[O.Sc. undercot, 1584, to fester inwardly or under the surface. The second element is obscure. N.E.D. compares Eng. obs. or dial. quat, quot, a boil, a pustule.]

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