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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1845

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LEND, n. Gen. in pl.: the loins, lumbar region. Only poet. ? Cf. Linder, n.2Sc. 1845 Anon. Muckomachy 44:
The only slow man i' the troop Was Willie Dick, Of lends too thick.

[O.Sc. lendis, id., from 1438, Mid.Eng. lenden (pl.), O.N. lend, O.E. lendenu (pl.), the loin(s).]

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