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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1577-1578
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Bastarding, vbl. n. [e.m.E. bastardyng (1563), f. bastard v. (1549).] Declaration of illegitimacy. —1577–8 Waus Corr. I. 175 (the confirmassion of the landis obtenit be the bastarddin).