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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1669
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(Leth-,) Leathalitie, n. [e.m.E. lethality (1656), F. léthalité; f. Lethall,a.] Lethality, ability to produce death. — 1669 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II. i.
The leathalitie of the defuncts wounds
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