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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Dukeschip,) Duikscheip, n. [Late ME. dukeship.] A dukedom. —a1578 Pitsc. II. 162/7.
My lord of Arrane … left his duikscheip of Chatellaroy in France