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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1533, 1584-1585
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Calme, Cawme, a. [e.m.E. and ME. calme (a 1400), e.m.E. cawme.] Calm. — 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xlvii.
Quhen the seis ar cawme 1533 Boece viii. xiii. 280.
The are wox … clere and the sey cawme a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxviii. 83.
To sie the tyme sa calme & coy
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