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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1696
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Speldered, ppl. adj. [Appar. frequent. of Spald v. Also in the later dial. s.v. Spelder v. (SND).] = Spald v. 1. — 1696 Satyr Against Atheistical Deism 3.
It can cure a man … tho' he were speldered like a dry haddock
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