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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1618-1660
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(Mortgage-,) Morgadgement, n. = Mortgage n. —1618-60 Lithgow Poet. Remains 109.
The vsrer will take suretye, bonds and bills Or els morgadgement at disposers wills