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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1461, 1590-1609
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Munde, Monde, Mound, n. [ME. mounde (c 1290–c 1320) the earth, e.m.E. mounde, mond(e, mund (1562) an orb, F. monde, L. mundus.] The world; the earth as man's abode. — 1461 Liber Pluscardensis I. 382.
The michti makar of the major munde [D. monde; rh. habound] c1590 J. Stewart 35/201.
Meschant mouths of this malitius mound [: ground] 1609 Garden Garden 44.
Our life we leaue, theirs no remeid, But from this monde remoue
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