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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Calumny, v. [e.m.E. (1563), late L. calumniare.] tr. To declare slanderously. —a1568 Wedd. Bann. MS. 241 b/152.
Callumnyand that wemen had the wytt Off all the grittest crymes
