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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1638
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(Umpired,) Umpyr'd, p.p. [e.m.E. umpire v. (1592).] Decided by an umpire or arbitrator. — 1638 Archery Reviv'd 7.
Since first the Balliols unhappy case umpyr'd by Edward Longshanks broke the peace
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