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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1627-1628
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Uplay(e, n. [? Cf. e.m.E. vplaid p.t. (1591), vplay (c1600) to store up or ? uplay (Uppa n.) a rig or division of land (cf. also Lay v.1 6 to divide or apportion land).] ? The storage of goods or ? the division of land. Only proverb. — a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 482.
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