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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Soneles,) Sinless, adj.1 [e.m.E. sunlesse (1589); Son(e n.1] Sunless; deprived of sunlight. —1680 Soc. Ant. XLV 247.
His way be sharpe quhen his end is good … tho it wer to be effectuat throw a thousand years of the extreamest sufferings of a sinless hell
