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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1566, 1628
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Dad, v. [Prob. imitative of the sound. Common in later (also northern English) dialect.] tr. To strike heavily. — 1558-66 Knox I. 260.
One took him [the idol] by the heillis, and dadding his head to the calsay, left Dagon without head or handis 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II. 328.
[He] punsed him with his hands and feete, and dadded him vpoun the eyes
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