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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bed-seik, a. [Bed n., Seke a.] Confined to bed with sickness. —c1575 Balfour Pract. 361.
Gif it be provin … that he is bed-seik, and may not travel 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 85.
He … tuik bed, and lay be the space of ane monetht fast bedseik Ib. 86.
