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Noun- Pitiless slaughter.

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Usage examples (5)
  • Fr. muids, a measure of about five quarters. occision, n., slaughter. orage, n.
  • S. Ambrose saw Ruffin come, he said to him: Thou hast no more shame than an hound for to do such occision, and now comest boldly to me.
  • And Louis and Charles his brethren made a battle against him, where there was so great occision of one and other that there had never tofore been such in no time in France.
  • For when they of Syponte were returned from the occision of their adversaries, and had so noble victory, yet doubted they to enter into the said place and hallow it to...
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