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Quotation dates: 1375
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Discovering, Discoweryng, vbl. n. [f. Discover,v.] Disclosure. — 1375 Barb. i. 242.
Thus contrar thingis euir-mar Discoweryngis off the tothir ar 1375 Ib. iv. 120.
For men sayis oft that fyr na prid But discouering may na man hid
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