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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Char, n.3 [Imitative.] A trilling note. —a1605 Montg. Son. xlviii. 1.
Sweet Philomene, with cheiping chyrris and charris, In hauthornes wher thou hyds thy self
