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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1927

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BEIL, v. To fester. [bil]m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood vii.:
Your skin's ower clean to beil.

[See Beal, v., n.1]

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