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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1632
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(Wanyng,) Wayning, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. wanyng (c1485), waining (Shakespeare), wayning (1622).] Decreasing in quantity, becoming scarce. — 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii 375.
Our victuals and water done, we were forced to relye vpon tobacco and to drinke our owne wayning pisse
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