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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1531
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Aspiratioun (asper-). [ME. aspiracion, L. aspīrātiōn-, aspīrātio.] The aspirating of sounds. — 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lix.
Thay that spekis with the auld toung of that cuntre, … hes thair asperatioun, thair diptongis, and thair pronunciation, better than ony othir pepill
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