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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Contemptiblie, adv. [e.m.E. (c 1575).] = Contempnandly adv. — 1651 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 203.
The witnessis … deponit that [they] did see Iohne Wyllie … contemptiblie takin him by the breist in a pationat lyke manner
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