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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1515
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Prothoplast, adj. [e.m.E. prothoplauste (c1532), protoplast (1600) noun = the first man, F. protoplaste (16th c. prothoplauste), late L. prōtoplastus (14th c. -plaustus), f. the Gk.] First made (of its kind). —c1515 Asloan MS II 246/34.
For thocht Leuiathan … Dissauit had our paran prothoplast [etc]
