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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450, 1513-1563
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Embrais(s)ing, -brasyng, vbl. n. [ME. embrasynge (Chaucer).] Embracing. — c1450 Craft of Deyng 95.
Inclynand … the armys to the embraising 1513 Doug. viii. ix. 65.
Ne suld I nevir depart … From thyne maste sweit embrasyng 1562-3 Winȝet I. 64/16.
To alluir all men to the embraissing of ȝour praetendit religioun
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