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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Coffing, -yng, n.1 [Variant of Cofyne.] The crust of a pie. —1513 Doug. vii. ii. 22.
With thar … chaftis [to] gnaw The crustis and the coffyngis [Sm. coffingis] all on raw