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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1908
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AR, v. To move feebly or almost lifelessly — of persons, animals or things.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
To geng arin aboot. De tide is begun to ar in (move shorewards), to ar fram (go out seawards). Hit was a' dey could ken, hit was arin.
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