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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1801-1828
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DISSECK, v. Gen.Sc. form of Eng. dissect. See P.L.D. §63.2.Sc. 1828 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 57:
I wud like to see the corp disseckit.Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 88:
For, faith, she left him not a bird, But ilka ane disseckit.
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