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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Sulphury,) Sulph'ry, adj. [e.m.E. sulpherie (1580); Sulphur n.] = Sulphurious adj. 1. —c1620 Boyd Zion's Fl. 50.
High mountains … have … shops for sulphr'y thunder
