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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1928
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¶UPSTAY, n. Sc. n. usage of Eng. upstay. v., to support: a support, prop.Sc. 1928 J. Buchan Montrose 63:
They [the Ministers] were the principal upstay of witch-burning.
