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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1572
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(Stench,) Stinch, n. [ME and e.m.E. stinnch (Orm), stenche (c1200), OE stęnc, stync.] Stench. —1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 48.
Breking out ouer all his body, greuous ȝuik in all his lymmis, and intolerabill stinch disclois it