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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1648
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Slaver(i)e, -i, adj. [Late ME slavery.] Besmirched with, consisting of or producing saliva. — a1605 Montg. Flyt. 511 (T).
Sum schevilland thair chaftis and slavere chekis 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 31.
The black and slaverie circle on their lips 1646 Edgar Old Church Life (1885) 238.
[For] calling one of the elders a mansworn slaverie loon ?a1648 Polemo-Middinia 45.
Slaveri-beardus homo
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