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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1585, 1644
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Mendicament, n. Altered var. (? after Mend v.) of Medicament n. — 1585 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 420.
The towne alwayes furnesing the vnguents, drogs, implasteris and vther mendicaments 1644 Edinburgh Testaments LXI. 41 b.
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