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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Reapen, v. [Var. of Ripen v.] Of stones: To come to a condition favourable for polishing, etc.; to mature. — 16.. Fraser Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 219.
The longer they [small stones] lay upon the shoar they reapen and turns more lively in their coulors and admits of gouid polishing and engraving
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