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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lancere, n.1 [e.m.E. la(u)ncer (1537), f. Lance v.2] A lancet. fig. —c1590 Fowler I. 303/29.
For it may fall owt that in reading the sam he find a lancere rather for his galled conscience than [etc.]
