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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1601
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Caitching, n. [f. Cach(e n.] Playing at hand-tennis. —1601 Elgin Rec. II. 91.
Na pastyme to be usit sic as caitching, bouling, the kyles or poirt-boules