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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Topical, adj. [e.m.E. topicall (1588), f. as Topic(k n.] Local. —1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 332.
Every countrey … having their topical spirit's or power's 1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 450.
Topical-spirits that haunt one place and not another
