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† kinsing, vbl. n. Obs. rare—1.
[Origin and meaning obscure: see Nares, and quot. 1899.]
1598Bp. Hall in Marston's Sco. Villanie iii. x. (1599) 223, I ask't Phisitions what their counsell was For a mad dogge, or for a mankind Asse? They told me..The dogge was best cured by cutting and kinsing. [1899E. Gosse Life of John Donne I. 33 Marston..liked to be known by the nickname of Kinsayer, as one who ‘kinsed’ or docked the tails of wandering dogs and stray social abuses.] |