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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1568, 1689
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Interiourly, adv. Also: -lie. [e.m.E. interiorly (1609).] Inwardly. — 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 4.
Quhais bodie exteriourlie apperis weil at eis, bot interiourlie is maist heuelie vexit 1689 Siege Castle Edinb. I.
Publickly professing what he interiourly beleived
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