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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1626, 1692
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Father-side, n. [ME. fader syde (c 1400).] The father's side of a family. — 1626 Garden Worthies 77.
Earle of Lennox, … goodsir on the father-side, to our Soveraigne Lord 1692 Acts Sederunt 197.
That the saids places be locked, … untill the friends upon father-side and mother-side be advertised
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