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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1596
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(Fresing,) Freising, ppl. a. [e.m.E. freezing (1611).] That freezes. —1596 Dalr. I. 65/26.
Of all iles the hindmest is Island in the freising sey