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Word: brast (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...until one of his arms fell off, what time the fat, water, and blood dropped out at his finger ends." More hideous still was the burning of Perrotine Massey who, "being great with child, did fall on her side in the fire, where as the belly of the woman brast asunder, the infant fell into the fire, and being taken out was had to the bailiff, who gave censure that it should be carried back again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The English Inquisition | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

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