† sphagianadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Employed in the killing or sacrificing of animals.
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slaughtered1594
sphagian1607
in at the kill1814
serpenticidal1823
vulpicidal1826
ovicidal1847
insecticidal1857
ursicidal1857
passericidala1876
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 88 Then put they vnder him their Sphagian vesselles to receiue his bloud.
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