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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1921

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SPURGE, v. To spread, to extend over or through. Rare.Slg. 1921 T.S.D.C.:
The pain was spurgin' thro' me.

[O.Sc. spurge, to spurt, gush, flow copiously, 1478, Mid.Eng. spourge, to sprout, from Lat. exporgere, to extend.]

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