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Suretishippe, n. [e.m.E. suerteshippe (1535). Cf. Sovertyship n.] The responsibility incurred by a surety. —1659 Fugitive Poetry II xxix 2/40.
Some would bee glad And others sad, if itt turn'd in a trade To shun a storme of suretishippe, that men Should lie seaven yeares (thus hid)
