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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1674
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Heuch, n.2 (? Cf. e.m.E. hew (1596) an act of hewing, a cutting stroke, f. Hew v. 1) — 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 136.
They seemed to fell one another like trees. .cutting and consumeing down each other till some roome at last was made by the heuches on each side
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