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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Stonising,) Stonnishing, ppl. adj. [Stonis v. 2.] That stupefies. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I 128/293.
The stonnishing carpace, humlocke als, That smores vs by his might
