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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1515-1604
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(Brest-,) Breistbane, -bone, n. [Northern ME. brestebane, OE. bréostbán.] The breast-bone. c1515 Asloan MS II. 274/50.
Blist be thi … breist bane, bak & rib 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 35/10.
Behald my quhyte breist bane 1604 Craig i. 31.
The … thorne out-through her breist-bone thrils
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