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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375
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Frusching, vbl. n. [e.m.E. frusshyng (c. 1530).] Noise of breaking. —1375 Barb. xii. 504.
Sic a frusching of speris wair That fer avay men mycht it her
