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Quotation dates: 1672-1673
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Urge Wonder, n. (Put for Orge-moundé n. (husked barley for broth).) —a1673 Sir R. Moray in Phil. Trans. XII (1678) 1070.
Being, when in the right temper, like that barley which is prepared to make broath of, or the barley called by some Urge Wonder
