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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Past of Jeane. (e.m.E. past of Jean a kind of sweet confection (1662); F. Gênes Genoa) —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 312.
Wett confectionis … past of Jeane