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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Spayment,) Speiment, n. [Spay n. or v.] A prediction. —1586 Calderwood IV 545.
To compare your self … to suche as may befall to his hienesse, the which unhappie speiment [etc.]
