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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CEEVIL, adj. Of the weather: mild.wm.Sc. [1835–1837] Laird of Logan (1868) 476:
I accosted him with the usual salutation, “A fine morning, John.” “A fine ceevil wather, sur.”