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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1673
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Half-bend, n. [Half adv., Bend v. 1 b.] a. Half-cock. b. A half-cocked firearm. —1673 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II. 166.
They falling on him and struggling with him, if the gun shot it was by the struggling, she being a half bend 1673 Ib.
It was a great fault he should have a gun that was in use to go off on half bend 1673 Ib. 167.
Such [faults] are … for fowlers to carry guns and half-bends
