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Quotation dates: 1513
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Stanging, -yng, vbl. n. [Stang v.] Stinging, the wound inflicted by a snake, or its effect on the victim. — 1513 Doug. vii xii 124.
With his charmys … Thar [sc. snakes'] wraith and wenom couth he dant … And heill thar stangyng [Ruddim., Sm. stanging]
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