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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Nutricioun(e, n. [e.m.E. nutrition (1551), F. nutrition, L. type *nūtritio f. nūtrire v. to nourish.] Nourishment, feeding, food. — 1490 Irland Mir. MS. 231 a.
First the persoune is producit … be generacioune, eftir that he gettis perfit quantite be augmentacioune and syn nutricioune 1490 Ib. 245 b.
As the breid and wyn are the nutricioun and refeccioun of the body
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