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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: 1666-1674
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Live. Of a picture: ? ‘To the life’ (e.m.E. live adj., 1542) or ? ‘from the life’ (e.m.E. life- n. attrib., 1668). — 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 36.
A massy heart of gold … [which,] opening, had both their pictures live draughts
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