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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cuntinance, -tynans, n. [ME. cuntin-, cuntenance.] = Countenance n. —1375 Barb. ix. 273.
Fell neuir men so foull myschans Eftir so sturdy cuntyrnans [sic] a1578 Pitsc. I. 197/28.
The bischop knew be his cuntinance that he had the samyn
