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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dolphin, n. [ME. dolphyn (1387), OF. daulphin.] The dolphin. —a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlviii. 185.
The bouand dolphin, tumbland lik a vhele
