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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Whiggish, adj. [Whig n.] Of extreme Presbyterian or Covenanting leanings. —c1670 To James Earl of Perth 14 in Fugitive Poetry I.
Silence the tongues will, that cry out for wars; Will pacifie Whiggish intestine-jars a1699 Sel. Biog. II 351.
A gentleman of good estate, and who was judged something whiggish
