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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Viprouslie, adv. [e.m.E. viperouslie (1587), viperously (1648).] Venomously, treacherously. —1609 Crim. Trials III 6.
Ȝe godleslie, barbaruslie, viprouslie and tressonabillie, be ȝour self and ȝour complices … set fyre in all the four coirneris of the said hous
