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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1626
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Entrinsh, v. [e m.E. entrench (1555).] tr. To surround as with a rampart. —1626 Garden Worthies 60.
Amidst there throngs … liveless lying, As if entrinshed with there doux-peers dying