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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Faderlyk, adv. [Cf. e.m.E. fatherlike (1604).] In a fatherly manner. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiii. 53.
Ȝoung monkis … in the courte thair hait flesche dantis Full faderlyk
