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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rife,) Rywe, n.1 [e.m.E. ryue (1527), thereafter appar. only (rare) Sc.] A tear, rent or scratch. —1662 Crim. Trials III 611.
We will haw the byttis, and rywis, and scrattis in owr bodies
