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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1560
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Wag, n. [e.m.E. wagge (1589), wag (1599).] An act of wagging. Only to cure not the wag of a wand, to care not a jot. — 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 6878.
Wemen … ar sa outrageous, … Thay cure not the wag of ane wand To gar ȝow tyne baith lyfe and land
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