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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590
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Oxi-crocium. (Med. L. oxycroceum, late e.m.E. oxicroceum (1646), an electuary containing saffron.) — 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI. 311.
Tua pund … oxi crocium at xliiij s. vi d. the pund
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