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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1685
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Rea, n. (?) — 1685 Sinclair Satan's Inv. World 218.
Saint Bryde [etc.] … Keep this house from the wear … And from a ill rea That be the gate can gae
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