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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1904
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‡INWAN, adv. Inwards (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 39; Fif., Edb. 1944).Fif. 1904 Caled. Med. Jnl. V. 390:
Sudden death is quite satisfactorily accounted for by the fact that the hives have "gaun inwan."
