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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Esclippis, n. [ME. esclepis (c 1300). OF. esclipse, var. of eclipse.] = Eclipse n. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 5515 (C).
A gret esclippis was of the son c1420 Ib. 5520.