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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1678
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Reflecting, vbl. n. and ppl. adj. [e.m.E. reflectyng (1530). Cf. Reflect v. 2 and Reflex v. 5, also Reflectio(u)n n. b.] — 1678 Edinb. Surgeons II 186.
Samuall Cheislie … did upbraid him with very reflecting expressions. … The calling finds the said Samuell Cheislie guiltie in reflecting against the deacon
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