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Quotation dates: 1818-1853
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†DISLOCK, v. To dislocate. Found in Eng. early 17th cent.Rnf. 1853 (2nd ed.) J. Fraser Poetic Chimes or Leisure Lays 177:
My arm dislock'd, my skull twice broke.Ayr. 1830 Galt Lawrie Todd iii. v.:
Many a joint-dislocking jolt.Ayr. 1844 Ayrshire Wreath 136:
A' the joints in their bodies war dislockit.Slk. 1818 Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck, etc. I. 49:
He said, that after a' it [arm] wasna broken, but only dislockit and sair brizzed.
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