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Definition: BY-SPELL

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A proverb.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "By-spell" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 990. (references)

Note: By-spell \By"-spell`\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression bigspell.]. (references)

Definition: BY-SPELL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A proverb.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BY-SPELL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 990. (references)

Note: By-spell \By"-spell`\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression bigspell.]. (references)