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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1650-1651
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Fore-sterne, n. = Forestam. — a1651 Calderwood V. 345.
An artificiall and weill proportiouned shippe … on her fore sterne was Neptunus
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