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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mislike,) Myslike, -lyk(e, v.2 [Like a. and cf. Like v.2] tr. To be unlike to, to surpass. —c1475 Wall. xi. 1261.
Bot a fyr brand in his forheid he bayr And than him thocht it myslikyt all the lawe [1570, And that him thocht myslykit all the laif]
