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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1679
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(Miles,) Myles, n. [Var. of Mildis n. pl.] The plant milds. —1679 J. Somerville Mem. II. 155.
Multitudes of poor people that wer gathering myles, lam latuce. and other pottable herbes
