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Reping-fyle, n. [Repe v. and File n.1] ? Put for a reaping-hook or scythe. —a1659 Fugitive Poetry II xxviii 1/12.
The smith, her brother, pay'd her tocher, With durks, dorlocks, and reping fyles
