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Quotation dates: 1864
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DENT, n.1
1. “A layer in a quarry, formed of tough clay or soft claystone” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Also attrib. in dent seam, id. (Ib.).
2. “The clay from this” (Ib.).Rxb. 1864 A. Jeffrey Hist. Rxb. IV. iii.:
The walls . . . were . . . cemented with pounded dent.
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