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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1768, 1827
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‡FIERCELINS, adv. Hurriedly, violently, impetuously (Sh.10 1951).Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 32:
Na bimme sooth I, I came fiercelins in.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 45:
Sae fiercelins had his wid-dreme stirr'd him.
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