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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375
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Hyrch(e)oune, n. [ME. hircho(u)n (c 1325): cf. Hurcheoun.] A hedgehog. —1375 Barb. xii. 353.
As ane hyrcheoune [E. hyrchoune], all his rout Gert set out speris all about