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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1606
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(Stangles,) Stingles, adj. [e.m.E. stingles (1554); Stang n.] Having no sting. Only fig. —1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vii.
In the kingdome of the second comming we shall triumph with … Christ, ouer the stingles grawe
