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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rot-rhime. Var. of Rat-rime n. —1651 Causes of God's Wrath in Testimony-bearing Exemplified (1791) 78.
Or answering a question or two of the catechism by rot-rhime (as we say) when nothing of the meaning is understood, is by many taken for knowledge sufficient
