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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sound, v.³ [ME sounde (Chaucer, Lydgate); Sound adj.] To make sound, to heal (a wound). —a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 411.
Thair is na salue may saif or sound thy sair!