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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1648-1649
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(Schort-sichtit,) Short-sighted, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. short-sighted (1622); S(c)hort adj. and sighted.] Having short sight, myopic. — a1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) 105.
The other, who was short-sighted, had broken his ponderous sword
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