a. Obs. Also 5 femyn(e. [Contracted f. FEMININE.] = FEMININE a.

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1530.  Palsgr., 156. All the feestes of the yere be of the femyne gendre.

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1564.  Golding, Justine, 17 b. In Xerxes was to be sene a kind of femine fearfulnesse.

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1610.  Mirr. Mag., Lady Ebbe, xv.

        Had euer man a hart that was so hard,
That with his yron brest durst be so bold,
To do the like against the Femine kind?

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