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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Chestyr, -ter, n. [Of obscure origin.] A row. —c1420 Wynt. i. 776.
The teth that ar wytht-in Hys hewyde ar set in chestyr [W. chester, C. chesteris] thryn [L. triplex ordo]
