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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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First, n.3 [ME. first, virst, OE. fyrst.] A ridge-pole. —1548 Stirling B. Rec. I. 52.
The said tenement … standand sufficiently in gret tymmer, sic as seylle, pan, and first
