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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1576-1614
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(Delivery,) Delyverye, -er(i)e, n. [Late ME. deliveree (1480), -lyuerye, AF. delivree.] Delivery; deliverance. —1576 Douglas Corr. 217 (for lacke of the delyverye of there bill). c1590 Fowler II. 162/4 (for the delyverye and redemptioun of Italye). 1602 Bk. Univ. Kirk III. 1002 (in the remembrance of the delyverie of his Majestie). 1614 Highland P. III. 164 (conditiones … for delyvere of the captyvis).
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