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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nod. In the land of Nod, whither Cain was banished (Gen. iv. 16). To send to the land of Nod, to dismiss (sc. by execution). —1641 An Answer to His Holinesse Remonstrance (1641) 2.
They think … that they … send them to the land of Nod with an Ecco la fico, yet nothing so, but … a civill … death at worst upon which … they have entered paradise
