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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1619-1623, 1682
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Midwyfrie, Meedwiferie, n. [e.m.E. (? orig. north.) medewifry (Cath. Angl.), midwifery (1570, Levins), f. midwif Medwyf(e n.] Midwifery, the practice of a midwife. — 1619 Perth Kirk S. MS. 4 Oct.
That scho waild nocht vse hir office of midwyfrie towardis Margaret Brown till scho declairit quha is the father of hir bairne 1623 Ib. 24 Nov.
For vsing midwyfrie nor wther cureis 1682 Irvine Nomenclatura 58.
Diana … was patroness of hunting and meedwiferie
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